On Apr 4, 10:39 pm, rjf <fate...@gmail.com> wrote: > tool The article and what you talk about it is too much general. Just look at the history to see what happened when new and better tools are developed. Also, I think it applies to wolfram alpha in the first place, which is not programmable and just a black box that gives you a guessed answer. There you probably learn nothing when you have to solve the current type of problems in college tests. Actually, I think with the development of these tools the questions in tests will get more complicated. I.e. when solving an integral, it is no longer "interesting" to do it by hand - it will only be a part of a bigger problem that and the aim of the exercise shifts a level higher. For me, the best example is statistics. Not so long ago many computations (even things like a median) were not doable because there were no computers. But when they became better and available for everybody, it got easy to use them and focus on the actual problem. So, it depends on the type of problem and how teaching adapts to new tools (banning is not an answer)
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