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Joined: Jan 2003
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Hard-core CEG'er
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Hard-core CEG'er
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Originally posted by 98 SE:
Originally posted by my csvt:
no joke guys. rather than teach us how to actually do the math ourselves they were content to teach us how to use the machines to do the math for us. 
I'm lost without my TI-83+. I can't speak enough praise about that thing .. needless to say other people need to ask me where certain buttons are on it because I've worn the labels down to nothing since owning it in 1999.
My HS used the 83 officially and taught us use of it in some classes (stats especially), for which I am very thankful to my teacher for showing us how to properly utilize it in solving problems. We hooked them up to sensors in chemistry and plotted graphs with them, very helpful. Of course, we were always shown and tested using the pencil-and-paper way first, so it wasn't horribly corrupt teaching.
When I got to college, however, some of my friends had the TI-89 and "utilized" its functions when performing integral calculus on tests and homework. Maybe I'm just jealous my calculator couldn't do 3D graphing, but I'm not sure the advantage they were put in was effective in learning the material, since the profs didn't require you to do the work longhand.
Once you've gone to the 89.....the 83 is complete crap...beyond its abilities over the 83, the user interface alone made it 100X better...
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