Talk:Graphing calculator

message: On Vfd, there are a few Wikipedians who want the graphing calculator articles to be merged. True or false: this would mean a re-direct here. 66.245.73.148 01:40, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vfd problem (True or false??) 

message: What is a pocket computer?? 66.245.16.193 13:27, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, q.v. :-) You might also have meant to ask what a PDA is, however. --Wernher 16:48, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pocket computer 

message: Okay, I think we need to be careful not to get carried away with specific geographic examples.   I say this because I'm really tempted to tack on "...in Canada, however, graphing calculators are a mandatory part of the high-school mathematics cirriculum."  I guess we could have a big list of GC policy at every level of education for every country, but would it be better to simply say something "The policy on graphing calculators in schools varies widely..." and then perhaps cite a few descriptive examples? -Jwanders 10:55, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I see your point. However, I think the current wording of the paragraph is a good compromise, since it offers three descriptive examples of the extremes of gr. calc. policies around the world. I would expect very many, if not most, other countries to have situations close to one of those examples. Also, the opening sentence plus the word "general" in the Finland example indicates that such policies might be enforced at several administrative levels (one could of course state this more explicitly, I admit). --Wernher 16:47, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calculators in Schools 

message: The results of this integral relationship...
Puntastic! Nobody ever change that. Ever. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.229.242.84 (talk) 16:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Graphing Calculators and Calculus Reform 

message: Does anyone know how many GCs have been sold, how many are sold per year, etc? I woud imagine that TI is the biggest, but how large is the industry in general? Identity0 01:21, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many? 

message: It says in the article 'Mac OS X includes an advanced software graphic calculator known as Grapher.' I don't use mac so I don't want to change anything but is what this is talking about a 'graphing program' rather than a graphing calculator in the sense of a hand held calculator.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.80.168.101 (talk) 15:01, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I agree with that. The article should ought to be about graphing calculator as hand-held devices and not as computer programs. Although if any thing, at least there should be a dedicated section about these programs. -Dlrohrer2003 01:07, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: mac grapher?

message: I'm not even sure where to begin with this article. First off, the essay section -- what can be done with that? I'm willing to grant that it's quite relevant, but it does seem to be poorly incorporated. 
Also, uh... TI, by all indications, ships by far the most graphing calculators in the school market, at least in the US, but a reader kind of gets the sense that they're far, far back in the pack, just a footnote to the market. In particular, HP seems to be something of a dark horse in the educational market, something used more by professionals and people who want a sort of in-group feeling to their calculators. Casio seems to have almost no visibility or reputation at all. Perhaps this is different outside the US, but at least from my standpoint, there's something really wrong with this setup. Any thoughts? Haikupoet (talk) 08:26, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dude, wait... What?

message: There seem to be a number of external links that do not relate to the article and are more just online graphing software. These sites would not add much if anything to the article. Granted the calculator museum links like Datamath or calculator news/program archive sites links like ticalc.org and hpcalc.org can stay in my opinion.
Dah! Forgot to sign my name Dlrohrer2003 (talk) 05:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are there too many external links? 

message: there are some minor errors here and there.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.125.143.183 (talk) 16:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs a spelling check

message: This is just a history lesson. I came to Wiki looking info on what calculations the buttons do and what the symbols on the buttons mean, this article tells nothing. - 86.148.39.240 (talk) 20:45, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is an old comment at this point, but for future reference: Wikipedia is not an instruction manual, as per WP:WWIN - Eddie (talk) 19:38, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  History lesson 

message: The graphing calculator can be a usefool tool in matchematics class but unfortunately most students abuse this tool. The don't differentiate and integrate themselves anymore, the just input the function, press on a button and write the result down. They don't do any algebra any more, they just input the function, press on a button and write the result down.
There should be more explanation in this article about the downside of the use of a graphing calculator. 
Not for nothing in Belgium universities (also the hogescholen which isn't translatable) often don't allow a graphing calculator for exams. How can you test whether or not the student can perform a mathematical operation when a machine does it for them?
Why would the student learn somethin which can't be tested.
82.170.40.166 (talk) 15:59, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Graphing calculator and decreasing mathematical skills 

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thread_title: File:TI83tris.JPG Nominated for Deletion

message: I've removed this image as it's unusable – it's so dark that it's impossible to see what it is. It's not even clear that it's a calculator. It looks like it might be the same as another recently added image, in which case it's redundant anyway.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 01:41, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem image 

message: Okay, I hardly know how to navigate Wikipedia myself... they make it unnecessarily daunting, but someone should review the whole section on "Types".
I don't know enough about the topic myself, but whoever's written this section, hasn't written in a very Encyclopedic style. They've even contributed a line on the arts and pleasure derived from 'critiqueing' mathematical fallacies.
Other than the obvious spelling error, the paragraph itself should probably be revised.
Ed  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polarbear ed (talk • contribs) 04:11, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Types Section: it really needs to be reviewed 

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message: While there is in the United States a monopoly of TI graphing calculators in K-12 education, I don't want this to be reflected in a global website like Wikipedia. The site should have pictures of other name brands to show that there are alternatives, like Casio, HP, Sharp, etc. 
Ijewa (talk) 13:39, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Texas Instruments Monopoly