Last remark: having read the AP exam twice, I understand why they require graphing calculators. They want to ask certain kinds of questions on the AP exam, and those are generally beyond the scope of what one can do by hand. QED. I don't like it much, but parts of the AP exam are calculator-free if I recall, and I allow graphing calculators on my exams anyway, so I guess I can't complain too much. If this sounds like I'm contradicting something I wrote earlier, well... it's possible. :-) <<
No contradiction here, I know exactly what you mean. I still have to use a GC in AP Calculus, but I can't say I'm happy about it either. However, I was in at the beginning of the Calculus Reform movement and the Rule of Three in the early 90s. GCs were the only game in town back then.
In fact, I'm convinced that the low res LCDs without color or back lighting that I used a lot for many years contributed to my needing reading glasses now....
HTH, A. Jorge Garcia http://calcpage.tripod.com Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College
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