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So in US teachers get to decide the calculator to use? That's crazy. When I was in junior high (in France) it was about 50/50 between TI and Casio. In high sch
by eloisant 12y ago
So in US teachers get to decide the calculator to use? That's crazy.
When I was in junior high (in France) it was about 50/50 between TI and Casio. In high school a few kids had an HP48. The rare time there was something specific to do with the calculator (eg. calculating sequences) the teacher would ask one geek from each camp to explain to the class how to do it with calculators of that brand.
- nilsimsa 12y agoMostly up to highschool and standardized exams. In college usually there was no constraints though many professors stated that we have to clear the memory before the exam. I used to have an HP48 for most of my college years.
- gknoy 12y agoYou can likely use whichever you want during class, but at test time (APs, etc), there are only a few approved models.
- ewoodrich 12y agoFor the most part, the primary concern is which calculators are used on exams, not during class.
- VLM 12y agoYes, its seen as vocational training. Rather than teaching trig or how to apply it or what it means, you get how to display sine waves on a specific TI model. I'm old enough that my vocational training in high school math classes was on the venerable yet new at that time TI-81. That vocational training was not terribly useful in university classes, the rot had not reached that high (at that time)