RE: TIB: Calculator are good!
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RE: TIB: Calculator are good!
trial and error?
you give it a gues and it runs a loop looking for an answer that works. the
change in trial in creases/ dereases as error increases/decreses
right?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of PJChaser@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 1998 10:16 PM
> To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: TIB: Calculator are good!
>
>
>
> In a message dated 98-11-01 22:31:25 EST, you write:
>
> > What is all of this anti-calculator sentiment? Isn't
> this a mailing
> > list for calculator enthusiests?
> > I see calculator use in math class as very beneficial.
> People talk
> > about how you shouldn't rely on calculators for math problems
> because it's
> > cheating and it doesn't allow you to understand the problems.
> These people
> > are completely missing the point of such advanced tools. They
> allow you to
> > explore topics more completely and much more efficiently without being
> > bogged down by tedios calculations. I use calculations to
> mean anything
> you
> > can readily do. Why waste time on things like multiplying, dividing,
> > solving equations, factoring or expanding polynomials, evaluating
> functions,
> > finding derivatives and integrals, graphing, and other such
> motions when
> you
> > could be delving into the heart of the problem and moving on. Simply
> > knowing how to find and interpret the answers found on a calculator
> involves
> > a degree of comprehension. I avidly encourage calculator use
> for any even
> > remotely advanced mathematics (algebra+).
> > Now people are saying that games on a programmable
> calculator is a
> > travesty. What is wrong with getting some enjoyment out of
> your machine.
> > If you made the game yourself it was probobly a worthwhile experience.
> Even
> > if you didn't, most games develope reasoning skills, reflexes
> or strategy
> > that can be applied elsewhere.
> > In my opinion, everything that can be done on a
> graphing calculator
> > should be, and to it's greatest extent.
> >
> > - Randy W. Overbeek ro@mindless.com
> The purpose in learning math is to be able to solve real problems, most of
> which don't conform to the nice little equations in a calculator.
> The point
> in not using your calculator, then, is so that when you have an abnormal
> calculation to do you can figure it out by relating it to similar
> problems.
> Calculators can't do that. And yes, it is fine to use calcs to
> do math, but
> the important thing is to understand how to do the problem by
> hand and how the
> calculator manages to do the problem. For instance, how many
> people on this
> list know how a ti-8X (except 89) comes up with solutions when using the
> solve() function or the solver? The 82,83,85,86 all use the same
> method. Can
> anyone besides me name it?
> Paul J Chase II
>
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