Computers and calculators should absolutely be embraced by modern math education. Once someone thoroughly understands long division, there's no sense in forcing them to tediously repeat every division operation by hand. But it's still imperative that students learn conceptually how and why mathematical processes work.
Math is different from most other primary school subjects in that it builds on itself year after year. There is a danger to letting computing devices take over before the students fully grasp a math concept. If they fail to learn a concept, moving on with a calculator as a crutch may inhibit them from understanding the next math concept.
Math is different from most other primary school subjects in that it builds on itself year after year. There is a danger to letting computing devices take over before the students fully grasp a math concept. If they fail to learn a concept, moving on with a calculator as a crutch may inhibit them from understanding the next math concept.