Does anyone have ideas for balancing digital vs pencil/paper learning in math?

I LOVE to program and use Desmos activities for their interaction and immediate feedback. Plus our state tests are completely digital, so it gives students experience entering math equations digitally.

But there is research to show that the physical act of writing things out helps transfer them to long term memory. And the SAT and ACT are pencil/paper. So... thoughts?

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I mix desmos and paper /pencil stuff all the time. I think it's very important, especially for math, that kids get to work with paper and pencil since showing their work in higher level mathematics is still easiest in pencil/paper form.

I try to think about the main learning goal when deciding how to deliver a lesson. If I want them to learn concepts, like understanding what finding solutions of Quadratics mean, I may use desmos more. If I want them to learn how to do specific skills, solving Quadratics via completing the square, I'll probably lean more towards paper/pencil.

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Definitely use both! I use Desmos a lot but also have the students do graphing etc on a paper/pencil test as well.

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