Brilliant Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 A friend of mine, who has an advanced degree in math and also teaches math classes, is offering a 90-minute workshop for jr high and high school students to teach them to use a graphing calculator. She is doing it on a donation basis to help raise funds for an adoptive family in our church. 1. Would it be helpful/necessary for my rising 9th grader to attend this? (I expect him to go through calculus by 12th grade). 2. How much should I contribute for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hen Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I have a rising 9th grader and I will not permit him to use a calculator yet. He's finishing up Alg 1 and will work through geometry this coming year. He'll get his first graphing calculator either in Pre-Calc or when he takes AP Statistics from me. My oldest took Pre-Calc in 10th grade and it was only toward the end of that class that I permitted him to use a calculator. He used a TI-89 throughout AP Calc BC but I found it quite interesting that when he took his college calculus placement exam he was not permitted to use a calculator. (He tested out of two semesters of calculus too :) ) Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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