Thegovernmentsayscalculatorswillbebannedinmathstestsfor11-year-oldsinEnglandfrom2014.EducationandChildcareMinisterElizabethTrusssaidpupilsshouldonlyusethemoncetheywereconfidentinbasicmathematicalskills.MsTru

Thegovernmentsayscalculatorswillbebannedinmathstestsfor11-year-oldsinEnglandfrom2014.

EducationandChildcareMinisterElizabethTrusssaidpupilsshouldonlyusethemoncetheywereconfidentinbasicmathematicalskills.MsTrusssaid“allyoungchildrenshouldbeconfidentwithmethodsofadditionsubtractiontimestablesanddivisionbeforetheypickupthecalculatortoworkoutmorecomplexsums.Bybanningcalculatorsinmathstestswewillreducethedependencyonthemintheclassroomforthemostbasicsums.”

ProfCeliaHoylesdirectoroftheNationalCentreForExcellenceintheTeachingofMathematicssaid“Itisimportantthatcalculatorsareusedproperlysochildrendonotbecomedependentonthemforarithmeticbutatthesametimeareabletousethemasatooltosupporttheirownproblemsolving.”

Butteachingunionsarguedbanningcalculatoruseinthetestswouldriskpupils’abilitytousethemtodealwithmorecomplexmathematicalproblems.

ChristmasBlowergeneralsecretaryNationalUnionofTeacherssaid“Itmaynotbenecessarytousecalculatorsforthewholeofthemathstestpaperbutitisaretrograde(倒退的)steptobanthemcompletelyasitwilldamagetheskillssetforprimarypupilsandleavethemstrugglinginsecondaryschool.”

RussellHobbygeneralsecretaryoftheNationalAssociationofHeadTeacherssaid“itisindeedgoodtobesurethatchildrencanperformroutinecalculationsintheirheadsbuttheadvantageofalimiteduseofcalculatorsisthatchildrencanfocusontheproblemitself.”

16.AccordingtoElizabethTrussbanningcalculatorsinmathstestscan_______.

A.developpupils’interestinmaths B.increasepupil’smathstestscores

C.reducepupils’dependencyonthem D.improvepupils’abilitytotakeexams

17.ProfCeliaHoylesbelievesthat_______.

A.Calculatorsshouldbeencouragedintests B.Calculatorsshouldbebannedintests

C.Childrenshouldusecalculatorsfrequently D.Childrenshouldusecalculatorsproperly

18.Whoisstronglyagainstthebanningofcalculatorsinmathstests?

A.ElizabethTruss. B.CeliaHoyles. C.Chr