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WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU
02-28-2015, 04:13 PM
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Interesting thread. This entire website is about calculators, yet everyone is agreeing they are the devil (paraphrasing).

I LOVED my HP calculator back in the day & I remember programming a 2x2 matrix solver into it that I felt gave me a probably unfair advantage over the other students and their non-programmable bricks. Not only could I solve 2-equation-2-unknown problems faster, I could rest easy that I didn't make a simple arithmetic error.

I'd be happy if all calculators were banned on engineering exams. Although we've probably all had plenty of experiences in our student & professional lives where calculators save time, and, occasionally, help build understanding (fiddling around with calculations), but I think they're a detriment at exam time.

A story from when I used to tutor high school: a student of mine couldn't find the average of 71 and 72 without a calculator. I should have written the school superintendent and asked him to ban their use!
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RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - troll80 - 02-26-2015, 01:03 AM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - SlideRule - 02-26-2015, 02:08 PM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - walter b - 02-26-2015, 05:38 PM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - BarryMead - 02-27-2015, 03:56 AM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - SlideRule - 02-27-2015, 02:07 PM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - troll80 - 02-28-2015 04:13 PM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - BarryMead - 03-23-2015, 05:33 PM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - rprosperi - 03-23-2015, 06:25 PM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - BarryMead - 03-23-2015, 09:55 PM
RE: WP34s Birthday Gift @ ISU - CR Haeger - 03-24-2015, 01:31 PM



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