Most common calculators in the forum?

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(11-30-2017 04:05 PM)jthole Wrote:  the university courses I attended dictated a Casio

Don't get me started on that

The only reason courses dictate a particular type of calculator is so they can show you exactly which buttons to press on it to get a given result. What are students learning with that? Nothing! They should be learning how to use and program their calculators to solve problems and it shouldn't matter which one they use as long as they are able to devise and implement a sound algorithm.

I wouldn't be surprised if HP never made inroads into the education sector because they held that same belief that a particular type of machine shouldn't be foisted upon students. If memory serves, it was the TI-57 being shoved down students' necks at the facility I attended (it was EOL by then so I bet the school got a batch of them on the cheap). I didn't buy into that, I rebelled and used a brand spanking new HP-15C and still came out OK in maths...