![]() I was required to buy the (unfortunately named) Kane Dead Reckoning Computer. The discussion on slide rules reminded me of my private pilot days. So any kind of device or approach that helps to make mathematics more concrete and visual should be applauded - or at least tried out. My strong view is that a lot of adolescent mathematics students really struggle because (to use simplistic Piagetian notions) they are still at the concrete operations level and they have not fully progressed to the formal operations stage necessary for abstract thought. I know a lot of people think that the idea of learning to use something like a slide rule is insane in an age of computers and calculators, and that this is a silly thing to post about. I came across an interesting series of articles recently titled "Manual Calculation - Using a Slide Rule" (link no longer available).
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