Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?
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In article <0mXwDl200bkv0Rd900@andrew.cmu.edu>, Nicholas P Konidaris Ii
<npk+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>Something my ti-92 can symbolically show me. I'm sure you could even
>program it into a ti8x. Now, can any of you soft-minded HS students
>PROVE it? Qualitativly and Quantitativly?
>
>OR is it simply a PROCESS which you have come to memorize?
>
>Can you tell me what e is withouth thinking about it?
>
>How about the logarithm?
>
>Sadly, a lot of _good_ students I know, who have done well on AP exams
>(4s and 5s), don't have this drilled into their head like they have 6*6.
> Why is that? Because they learned it ONCE in Algebra, or precalc, or
>whatever, and ever since then they have been using their calculators.
>
>Are graphing calculators nice? Sure, they can show a few things which
>would be very hard to show w/ just chalk. But they don't teach you
>calculus, they teach you how to plug equations in.
>
>We don't need any more hands-on-training in school folks. People have
>to learn to use their Brains. It's _FAR_ More usefull.
>
>Wish you all the best
>-nick
Actualluy (sp) I can prove it. In our AP Calculus class, we learn stuff
the "hard way" by hand and prove it and then we learn how our Calculators
make life easier and in the real world, we will normally have a calculator
to use with these probblems. So don't call us dumb. There are many smart
people that subscribeb to this newgroup.
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