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What Teachers are asking for (media.piefed.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/alberta@lemmy.ca
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Exactly. Since we invented calculators nearly a hundred years ago students have been unable to learn how to do basic addition and multiplication unassisted.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    We see that one for sure. 16 year old not knowing how much change they should get back if they buy something for 15.70 and hand the cashier a 20.

    At work I had to help an engineer tally objects on their screen, because they struggled to keep track after 10.

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