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>>lewisf+(OP)
Has math education actually improved with the introduction of calculators? Easy and equitable solution would be to remove them from classes and tests.

>>WillPo+li
Has introducing students to a programmable computer dedicated to math improved math education? Yes, yes it has. Writing a program to automate certain computations certainly helps your understanding better than performing said computations by rote multiple times.

>>knolax+Uo
How often do high school students actually use graphing calculators to write programs? If it's only one day a year, then they can do that by going to the computer lab. I have doubts that graphing calculators provide any educational value except in rare instances. Are those rare instances worth every student having such an expensive thing for several years?