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  • Kath Harding, Bottisham Village College
  • Tuesday, January 02, 2007
  • "I like the idea behind this. I have used the same idea from mathsnet. I like the fact that this automatically records the answers BUT I do not like the way it accepts chains such as

    3x3=9-2=7-2

    for the number 5 as it encourages the inappropriate use of the = sign to give incorrect statements, a common error by students."
  • I. Fulat, Mellow Lane School, Hayes
  • Wednesday, January 07, 2009
  • "I agree with the above comment about the chains, so I told the students they were only allowed to press = once at the end of their calculation."

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Teacher, do your students have access to computers?
Do you have "Laptops in Lessons"?

Whether your students each have a TabletPC or share a desktop PC, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

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