Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end?

Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by JohnBooty on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:24PM (#21051876)

I went to high school in the early 90s, at the dawn of graphing calculators but before teachers were wise to the "notes" trick.

One time before a calc test I dropped my graphing calculator. The battery door popped off and the batteries popped out. The unit was otherwise unharmed... but my cheat sheet in the notes app was gone!

I nearly crapped my pants.

Luckily though... as most cheaters know... to make a decent cheat sheet you actually have to comprehend the material first. Half the time you wind up not even using your cheat sheet. Luckily for me that was the case. I still did well on the test.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by mmcgaha on Monday September 23, 2019 @04:35PM (#21053314)

I am a little older than you, so my cheat sheets were on paper. There was definitely something about miniaturizing notes that reinforced learning. I made dozens of cheat sheets but never had to use one.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by JohnBooty on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:21AM (#21056812)

Yeah, the vast majority of mine were on paper!

    There was definitely something about miniaturizing notes that reinforced learning

We have to comprehend a thing in order to summarize it, right? The more compact the summary, the more comprehension required. =)

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