Re: TI-M: math class

To: ti-math@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-M: math class
From: Andy Selle <aselle@ticalc.org>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 01:56:02 +0200 (MET DST)
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000830182657.02bdf0d8@mail.nickd.org>
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> 
> So... doing the math... (.4)(.08)(.129) = 0.4128%. Being generous and 
> rounding up, that means 1/2 of 1% of the nation got a 5 in BC calculus.
> 
> Not to be pompous, but that's statistically not very many people. :P
> 
> 
Well the problem with those statistics is that they aren't indicative of
what you are trying to portray.  You imply that only the people who took
the AP test have the ability to score a 5.  That is simply not
true.  Besides that, where do you pull your numbers from?  Show me
evidence of the percents.  Beyond that, the AP test doesn't really test
mathematics knowledge or ability.  It only tests a very finite subset of
mathematics which is carefully prescribed by the college board and
carefully taught in a very limited specific way. 

-Andy

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Re: TI-M: math class

From: Nick Disabato <nickd@nickd.org>