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I totally - absolutely - agree. No one should spend more than $15
on a simple solar calculator. If a complicated expression must be
evaluated or if a graph must be made to conceptualize what is
going on, it's time to move to Excel. I can help a student with
an error they make while setting up a spreadsheet. I can't help a
student with an error they have made in a long calculation using
calculator that I would need about a week to learn how to
operate.
Bob at PC
-----Original Message-----students how
From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-
L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On Behalf Of Gary Turner
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 12:14 PM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Why Calculators? (Was: Calculators a Distraction?)
One of my pet peeves right now is trying to show college
to dosomewhere
elementary arithmetic on a $100+ calculator. Apparently,
alongshown how to
the line, they were told to buy this thing, but were never
actually use it. Some students can't do any more with it thanthe sort
of
calculator that comes free with a box of corn flakes!