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Mobile Phone Ban Considered.....
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https:/ /www.bb c.co.uk /news/e ducatio n-57643 697
gawd frankly I'm amazed they are allowed in at all now. They should be confiscated and returned at home time the first time after that they should be forfeited and given to charity. Madness, they learn ugger ball anyway these days without talking rowlocks on Twitfacegram all day, madness.
gawd frankly I'm amazed they are allowed in at all now. They should be confiscated and returned at home time the first time after that they should be forfeited and given to charity. Madness, they learn ugger ball anyway these days without talking rowlocks on Twitfacegram all day, madness.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.//... how do you propose that kids learn about trigonometry and other scientific functions?//
You teach them the use of the functions (SOH; CAH; TOA and all that - no calculator required) and give them a book of "four figure tables" to undertake calculations (no calculator required):
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Worked OK for me.
You teach them the use of the functions (SOH; CAH; TOA and all that - no calculator required) and give them a book of "four figure tables" to undertake calculations (no calculator required):
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Worked OK for me.
Sunk 20.48 Tue, That's the second of your posts on this thread that makes no sense. Yes, phones can distract from the work to be done - and how this is 'politically motivated' is anyone's guess because going by a lot of the responses here it's not an idea that's likely to win votes.
NJ, I didn't deem bednobs' silly post worthy of a response.... but you responded adequately.
NJ, I didn't deem bednobs' silly post worthy of a response.... but you responded adequately.
New technology is incorporated into education methods quite quickly as it becomes available, otherwise we'd still have pupils using slates or dip pens.
There are over 300 replies under that BBC article, a variety of comments.
Some that struck me were the fact that some schools don't have enough laptops or tablets to go round so sometimes ask pupils to use their phones to access online material.
I do agree that they should not be allowed to be used for pleasure during class.
There are over 300 replies under that BBC article, a variety of comments.
Some that struck me were the fact that some schools don't have enough laptops or tablets to go round so sometimes ask pupils to use their phones to access online material.
I do agree that they should not be allowed to be used for pleasure during class.
must have. I remember Katherine Whitehorn writing about it - her experience mirrored mine (we didn't go to the same school). My school was actually very progressive, but I got the impression the government or local council or somebody didn't go for all this newfangled stuff, and only the limited avaiability of goose quills had made them move on in the first place.
No doubt they'll be banning pupils from coming to school in flying cars next
https:/ /www.th eguardi an.com/ busines s/2021/ jun/29/ flying- cars-wi ll-be-a -realit y-by-20 30-says -hyunda i-europ e-chief
No doubt they'll be banning pupils from coming to school in flying cars next
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//Have you two not heard of progress? Kids don’t use four figure tables and slide rules...//
Yes I have and yes I know. I wouldn't use four figure tables either - they are an abomination. I was trying to demonstrate (not very successfully, obviously) that teaching children does not require either mobile phones or calculators. They need to be taught why they are doing things, not simply which buttons to press and the trigonomical functions are a classic example of this. It's no use finding the tangent value of 25 degrees - either with a calculator or four figure tables - if you don't know why you are finding it and what use it is when you have it.
But this is not about the use of calculators in class. This is about the presence of mobile phones. There is little doubt that they offer a huge distraction. There's no need for data - all you have to do is ask any teacher. They should not be permitted in classrooms and so long as they are teaching will suffer.
Yes I have and yes I know. I wouldn't use four figure tables either - they are an abomination. I was trying to demonstrate (not very successfully, obviously) that teaching children does not require either mobile phones or calculators. They need to be taught why they are doing things, not simply which buttons to press and the trigonomical functions are a classic example of this. It's no use finding the tangent value of 25 degrees - either with a calculator or four figure tables - if you don't know why you are finding it and what use it is when you have it.
But this is not about the use of calculators in class. This is about the presence of mobile phones. There is little doubt that they offer a huge distraction. There's no need for data - all you have to do is ask any teacher. They should not be permitted in classrooms and so long as they are teaching will suffer.
"It's no use finding the tangent value of 25 degrees - either with a calculator or four figure tables - if you don't know why you are finding it and what use it is when you have it."
which is fine and i get what you are saying. However, the notion that children should be taught to do this with a slide rule and four figure tables is just daft. The vast vast majority of people in their adult life have no need whatsoever for trigonometry, and if they did for professional reasons, i would hazard a guess they'd use a calculator rather than slide rule. Not letting people use calculators disadvantages them in life (IMO)
which is fine and i get what you are saying. However, the notion that children should be taught to do this with a slide rule and four figure tables is just daft. The vast vast majority of people in their adult life have no need whatsoever for trigonometry, and if they did for professional reasons, i would hazard a guess they'd use a calculator rather than slide rule. Not letting people use calculators disadvantages them in life (IMO)
If you think teaching maths shouldn’t involve calculators you’re hopelessly wide of the mark!
What in earth do you think calculators are used for: quick exercises in mental arithmetic?! The power of modern calculators now has increased the scope for what can be done and in a shorter time.
I mean why allow pens or even pencils? There was presumably a time when people thought they made writing too easy. In fact I remember us not being allowed anything other than messy ink pens with nibs: presumably as some bizarre idea that if you weren’t ripping the page or getting blue stains all over your hands then you weren’t suffering enough :-)
What in earth do you think calculators are used for: quick exercises in mental arithmetic?! The power of modern calculators now has increased the scope for what can be done and in a shorter time.
I mean why allow pens or even pencils? There was presumably a time when people thought they made writing too easy. In fact I remember us not being allowed anything other than messy ink pens with nibs: presumably as some bizarre idea that if you weren’t ripping the page or getting blue stains all over your hands then you weren’t suffering enough :-)
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