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Re:Free Ti-89 Titanium Calculator to a good home by orib on Saturday September 13, 2008 @11:59PM (#303576)
Interesting; Many of my calculus classes -- university especially, but also high school -- didn't (don't) allow using a calculator at all on the tests. My university specifically mandates one model of calculator for all students. This model can't do symbolic manipulation/graphing and is not programmable at all. My high school had any sort of graphing calculator banned on tests.

I'm surprised that high schools are allowing students to use this sort of calculator (or for that matter, setting tests where it makes a difference what calculator you have.)

Re:Free Ti-89 Titanium Calculator to a good home by rms on Sunday September 14, 2008 @12:50AM (#303590)
In my high school, a TI-83 was the only graphic calculator allowed on tests, though it was never an issue because very few people had TI-89s.

The AP calculus test is split into a calculator section and a no calculator section, and it definitely helps to have a TI-89.

In college calculus we were only allowed to use a scientific calculator.