Should calculators be allowed at primary school level?
Mathematics isn't child's play, well, it should be with the help of calculators, right?
We asked KZN what they thought of children at primary school level making use of calculators and this is what they had to say:
Calculators are known to be helpful tools to mathematical problems. It is most likely than not that learners at high school level use calculators as their level of maths is more advanced than that of primary school learners.
We asked Professor Renuka Vithal - Honorary Professor in Mathematics Education at Wits University, her opinion of this matter, and this is what she had to say:
Even the social sphere was divided. Take a look at what the tweeps had to say.
Should primary school learners be allowed to use calculators? #ECRBreakfast pic.twitter.com/JyhQ3Cnp38
— East Coast Breakfast with Darren Maule (@ECRBreakfast) September 20, 2018
60 years ago before computers NASA had rooms full of people just to do manual calculations. Look where they are now. 60 years from now kids in 2nd grade will operate a calculator the same way 10th graders does today. It's inevitable and no one can stop it.
— Popeye (@smoolman1973) September 20, 2018
When I was @ primary we never used calculators and we were gud with calculations.
— jabulani (@sekunjalo1) September 20, 2018
No
— 😎MxozetMakhoba😅👊 (@Mxolisi29487987) September 20, 2018
Their minds need to do things without the "fast" way.