[Pibe-division] Math and the Computer Scientific Calculator
Dr. Denise M. Robinson
dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 22 20:59:10 UTC 2011
Math
and the Computer Scientific Calculator
One of my
older students is taking geometry, which has a lot of algebra and our wonderful
Pythagorean Theorem. I went over the basics of the calculator on her laptop
during the summer so she would be familiar with it when the time came to use it
in class.
During our sessions, I always try to begin homework with the
students so they know how to tackle it when they get home. She has a great
spatial understanding of how to layout math problems, taking it from Nemeth and
putting it in print, so it is just doing all the long calculations to get the
correct answer that is required. The one attached to the computer is fully
accessible to the talking software and is free, versus buying a scientific
calculator for almost $300 somewhere else.
She would read from her
Geometry Nemeth book, calculate the answer in her head as she typed it out on
the computer, and then she would recheck her answer on the calculator. She grew
in her confidence of finishing answers more quickly because now she had a way to
double check her work to make sure she truly had the correct answer.
If you wish to have a list for the calculator....I
will add the list of all the hotkeys to the calculator on my site http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/ under the
title: Files to download and use. I will name the file Calculator
shortcut keys
Denise
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853 deniserob at gmail.com
http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
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