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Started by Ben Sultenfuss
Fri, 06 Jan 1995 18:15
Graph-TI - TI-82 Ownership
Author: Ben Sultenfuss
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 18:15
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 18:15
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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 teach a one semester course in finite math followed by a one semester calculus course for business students. In the first semester, I teach them how to program the finance formulas so that they do not need the cheaper business analyst calculators. They also use the TI-82 in the required statistics course. Ben ----------Forgive your enemies but always remember their names.--------- Ben Sultenfuss Department of Mathematics and Statistics PO Box 13040, Stephen F. Austin State University 1936 North Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75962-3040 OFFICE: (409) 468-1547 HOME: (409) 560-5508 FAX: (409) 468-1669 INTERNET: F_SULTENFU@titan.sfasu.edu or BSULTENFUSS@SFASU.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------YOUR MESSAGE------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 08:55:25 -0500 From: berresfrd@aurora.liunet.edu Sender: owner-graph-ti@dsmail.internic.net I teach a one-semester calculus to business students, and am have just begun to require that my students use TI82s. My students either buy their TI82s from stores or through me for about $81. Some students are objecting to having to spend $81 for a calculator for one course when their other teachers already require them to have business analyst calculators. I would like to know if other college teachers have found a way that is cheaper for the student. That is, do some colleges or math department buy them and rent them? Do some bookstores rent them to students, or buy them back and sell used ones? I would value any replies (to berresfrd@aurora.liunet.edu) with details of how your college handles this problem, and how well it works. In particular, what is the rental or buyback price? What do you do about lost calculators, etc.
Re: Graph-TI - TI-82 Ownership
Author: Dan Frezza
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 23:23
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 23:23
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In article <01HLIXWF2PXW000K6W@TITAN.SFASU.EDU>, F_SULTENFU@TITAN.SFASU.EDU says... > > >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
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