Brian E. Smith wrote on 3/23/00 1:01 AM:
>I am trying to formulate a calculator policy in a department that currently
>allows any calculator except "those capable of storing text". That rules
>out all of the graphing calculators since they have alphanumeric
>capability. I use a TI-83 or TI-86 in my statistics class but under the
>current policy I cannot allow my students to bring one into class. If
>anyone has a faculty or departmental policy that will allow me to use the
>TI (or other similar) calculators while overcoming the concern that
>students will (mis)use the text capability to store formulas or notes, I
>would appreciate hearing from you.
I go the opposite direction. This is because I don't want to test their
ability to memorize formulas. I allow my undergraduate students to bring
in an 8.5x11 sheet, handwritten (no computer or zeroxing to reduce size
absurdly), with as many notes as they figure out how to cram onto it.
What I've noticed is they tend to not look at the note sheet much.
Unbeknowst to them, they ended up studying in order to prepare their note
sheet.
Paul
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