I agree Jim. I was observing lesson in a school not long ago and pupils were
doing a breakeven chart on the computer - easy! I know that they could not
have replicated it in an examination manually and what did it all mean? What
is breakeven, why is it important to know etc? Some teachers are in danger
of using them because the pupils like to use them, it keeps them from
misbehaving and getting bored without any thought to the added value they
should make to learning.
If I remember correctly spreadsheets, for example, were invented so that
accountants only took 3 days to do the end of year accounts instead of 3
months?
Pam
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