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Study: Pupils 'do worse with computers'
From the Guardian: "An international study of about 100,000 15-year-olds in 32 different developed and developing countries suggests that the drive to equip" schoolchildren with computers may be misplaced. See also: Lose the Laptops. (Thanks to Erika Shaker)
Posted by carrie on 03/29/2005 | Permalink
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This doesn't surprise me. First of all, I am typing this comment at work.
Second, when I taught at Kaplan we didn't let the students use calculators. Once you understand the questions most of the math is easier without it. And if you don't understand the question, you aren't going to use the calculator properly anyway.
Posted by: Charles Star | Mar 30, 2005 4:39:06 PM
