EDUC4105

I have already made comments about graphics calculators but have made a few extra points about the advantages and disadvantages of them.

 Advantages of graphic calculators:

• Graphing, probability, calculations and other difficult, long and tedious tasks can be done more quickly and efficiently.
• It will prepare students for certain careers that require their use.
• It can be used to provide students with charts, graphs and other visual media compared to the usual display of numbers, equations and other less stimulating forms of information.

Disadvantages of graphic calculators:

• Students can become lazy and stop drawing graphs and charts without the calculator.
• Students may become dependant on the calculator eg: in an exam when the graphics calculator is not allowed.
• Simple mathematical skills may be forgotten and replaced by the use of the calculator. In many cases this increases the time taken to find solutions.

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