...I do this by instructing students to work problems on paper or on a word processor, on graphing calculators (such as, but not limited to, the TI-84 Plus, the Casio CFX-9850G, etc.), online applets, or many other technologies that are available on the internet, as well. I am a fully trained profe... (read more)
When I taught high school math, I always told my students that I would try to explain the lessons in language that they could understand and if there were any shortcuts available, I would teach those. Also, if possible, we would do the calculator computations if possible. I tried to emphasize different methods of solutions, if there were more than one. (read more)