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In article <01HLIXWF2PXW000K6W@TITAN.SFASU.EDU>, 
F_SULTENFU@TITAN.SFASU.EDU says...
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>A big advantage to the graphing calculator is student ownership.
>My experience has been that when a student does not own his/her 
calculator,
>it does not get used.


I agree totally. I teach a course called "Pre-Calculus" mathematics
in the high school and also teach at a community college. When a
student owns his/her calculator, there is a big difference in attitude
as to how a student perceives the course and also, because of the
ownership involved, there is more of an active interest in what
he/she does with it. I have used the graphing calculators for over
5 years, and my high school students buy their own as well as my
college students. I have never had any student, in all my classes,
that told me that the graphing calcuator was not helpful or a waste
of time. Many surveys I have had from my students in both ends of
the learning spectrum, reported an increased level of interest and
many of them went on further in their studies. Not one of my students
ever offered to sell back their graphing calculator. They took pride
in what they did with it and didn't want to part with it.

-- Dan Frezza