Re: Help with TI-89

To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: Re: Help with TI-89
From: Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ISD.INGHAM.K12.MI.US>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:00:06 -0500
References: <CALC-TI%1998040414582937@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Reply-To: Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ISD.INGHAM.K12.MI.US>

Ray Kremer wrote:

> Many times?  I only took it once.  I agree that nothing on it requires a
> graphing calculator, but students do like to have that saftey net handy.
> As for your both or neither argument, the SAT board doesn't think that way.
> I don't think they really want to get invovled with the intricacies of
> calculator specifications.  They need to keep the rules simple and clearly
> defined, or else test monitors will be so confused students would be able to
> sneak in anything they want.  The running theory is that the SAT board
> doesn't want kids bringing a pocket dictionary by saying it's their
> calculator.  For this purpose, the QWERTY keyboard distinction works quite
> well.  Of cousre, I know and you know that the TI-92 doesn't have a
> dictionary on it, but like I said the rules need to be simple and without
> exception to avoid confusion.
>
> >Yes I have taken the SAT many times.  But I was just saying that the 89 and 92/92+
> >are virtually the same calculator.  They should either ban both or allow both.

Many times...I took it in like 7th grade or something, and again last year and I'm
taking it again this year.  I guess your right, until they make a pocket dictionary
that looks like the TI-8x calculator. :)

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Re: Help with TI-89

From: Ray Kremer <rkremer@BRADLEY.EDU>