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HICKORY RECEIVES HONORABLE MENTION IN UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION'S BEST TENNIS TOWN COMPETITION
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HICKORY, N.C., July 28 -- The city of Hickory issued the following press release:
Hickory is one of seven communities across the country to receive an honorable mention in the inaugural United States Tennis Association's (USTA) 2009 Best Tennis Town USA competition.
The three communities that received the most votes are Midland, MI, Ojai, CA, and Independence, KS. On September 6 during the US Open in New York, the three top vote getters will find out if they are the Grand Prize ($100,000), Second Prize ($50,000), or the Third Prize ($25,000) winner. The six other honorable mention communities ...
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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CALCULATORS NO LONGER JUST AN OPTION IN SCHOOL
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; ...test. Now the calculator is finding its...allowed the use of calculators on 11th-grade...require the use of a calculator. The hope by the...resolution, is for calculators to become part...district must make calculators available to their...familiar with the calculator's functions...
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Calculators in class: freedom from scratch paper or 'crutch'?(Features)(Learning)(Reform+Technology=)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor
; ...when not to use calculators. John offers to...reaches for his calculator. "Trust yourself...Don't trust the calculator." But not all...conscientious. And as calculators become cheaper...school kids used calculators in every grade...division without a calculator," he says...
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Calculators as learning tools for young children's explorations of number.
Magazine article from: Teaching Children Mathematics
; ...2000). Using calculators as learning tools...inaccessible to them. The calculator expands opportunities...teachers used the calculator to develop ideas...Introducing Children to Calculators Ms. Kane decided...it was called a calculator. Next we talked...why people use calculators. ...
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Calculators Throw Teachers a Curve.(high school students use graphing calculators)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: New York Times Upfront
; ...using a graphing calculator in freshman algebra. Graphing calculators are sophisticated...to play on the calculator, and they usually...programs from their calculators before exams...tests make clear calculator memories mandatory...
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Calculators have changed how kids learn math. (Originated from Orange County Register)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...kids who used calculators weren't learning...William Wickes, a calculator research and...teachers realized calculators were here to...Glenn Furney, a calculator marketing manager...schools require calculators in math and...
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Calculators in the classroom
Magazine article from: NEA Today
; ...tool-the hand calculator. Although still controversial, calculators are now common...confirmed that calculators don't keep children...they are to use calculators well. "We have to ask, Will the calculator help my kids understand...
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CALCULATORS + CLASS (EQ) A LESSON IN PROBLEM-SOLVING.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...like that on the calculator also interests them,'' Wall said. Calculators as tools and aids...button on that calculator. . . . You can't trust the calculator, because human...also using those calculators.'' Calculators...
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 "Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)")
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Online calculators that save you cash.
Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
; ...Mortgage refinancing calculator: www.bankrate...personal-finance calculators, from determining...refinancing? One calculator offers personalized...vs. borrowing calculator: www.finaid.org/calculators Need more information...
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The calculator remains a must-have desktop item
Magazine article from: Office World News
; ...software upgrades. CALCULATOR LINGO Categorizing calculators is about as easy...key electronic calculator in 1964. Innovations to business calculators and increased...THE SCIENCE OF CALCULATORS The first scientific calculator was Hewlett...
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Calculators are now embraced by teachers as a tool to reach math-phobic students. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...students use a special calculator that solves questions...The trend toward calculators in the classroom...supporting the use of calculators, but she's since...my own use of a calculator and thought these...Teachers said calculators shouldn't be...then use the calculator to check it...
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