[Pibe-division] Math and the Computer Scientific Calculator

[Dr. Denise M. Robinson]

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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