Some people feel that calculators have eliminated the need for any instruction on fraction computation. Do you agree or disagree? Explain

What will be an ideal response?


Complete answers will include the following: It is true that the availability and power of calculators certainly reduces the level of paper-and-pencil mastery of fraction computation that children must achieve. But the availability of technology also increases the importance of children's developing operation sense, which refers to an understanding of the meaning of operations, as well as the need for the ability to determine the reasonableness of solutions.

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