Validation question

[eiei]

Was wondering about calculators for the validation tests? Are they included in first plebe care package or given to them to use on the tests.

 

[Temple17]

On I-Day, Plebes are issued the TI-36X Pro calculator to use on the validation exams. This calculator is also the accepted calculator for the majority of the courses at the Academy.

 

[Boolean]

During my CVW, I went to a math class and the class all had TI-Nspire CX CAS's. Does anybody know what's up with that?

 

[BarryD]

That's interesting that they allow calculators to be used in Calc classes.

 

[MidCakePa]

That's interesting that they allow calculators to be used in Calc classes.

In the end — calculators or not — doesn’t really matter because almost every plebe faces a stiff challenge with whatever Calc class they end up in. DD aced AP Calc in the 10th grade and Multivariate Calc in the 11th grade. Validated Calc 1 during plebe summer. All that and she still struggled mightily through Calc 2 and Calc 3 in plebe year. Calculus is an equal-opportunity tormentor.

 

[BarryD]

That's interesting that they allow calculators to be used in Calc classes.

In the end — calculators or not — doesn’t really matter because almost every plebe faces a stiff challenge with whatever Calc class they end up in. DD aced AP Calc in the 10th grade and Multivariate Calc in the 11th grade. Validated Calc 1 during plebe summer. All that and she still struggled mightily through Calc 2 and Calc 3 in plebe year. Calculus is an equal-opportunity tormentor.

I only say that because at every school I've been at (admittedly small sample size of 2) they didn't allow calculators in Calc. I guess unless you've got a super graphing-calculator it can really only help you cheat on trig, and that's about all it can do for you.

And Calc 2 is indeed a beast.

 

[Dr. Strange Love]

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Calculus is … the Convergence of the Gradient of the Potential Field ...
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[Boolean]

I only say that because at every school I've been at (admittedly small sample size of 2) they didn't allow calculators in Calc. I guess unless you've got a super graphing-calculator it can really only help you cheat on trig, and that's about all it can do for you.

And Calc 2 is indeed a beast.

The TI-Nspire CAS series has Computer Algebraic System which has been able to do almost every differential equation and calculus problem I've thrown at it. I currently use one although the University I go to doesn't allow them because they're "Cheaty." That's why I thought it was kind of odd they issued them.

 

[ders_dad]

I have to smile at this. I went to Michigan Tech as an undergrad and my class was the first required to have scientific calculators. Mine crapped out just before Calc finals. I used a slide rule. A lost art but no batteries included. To my kids it might as well be an abacus.

 

[BarryD]

I have to smile at this. I went to Michigan Tech as an undergrad and my class was the first required to have scientific calculators. Mine crapped out just before Calc finals. I used a slide rule. A lost art but no batteries included. To my kids it might as well be an abacus.

Uh oh, you may have just invoked all of our resident Naval Academy graduates to come and claim they were "the last class to be issued slide-rules". *

*The smiles indicate that the post you have just read is a joke

 

[BarryD]

I only say that because at every school I've been at (admittedly small sample size of 2) they didn't allow calculators in Calc. I guess unless you've got a super graphing-calculator it can really only help you cheat on trig, and that's about all it can do for you.

And Calc 2 is indeed a beast.

The TI-Nspire CAS series has Computer Algebraic System which has been able to do almost every differential equation and calculus problem I've thrown at it. I currently use one although the University I go to doesn't allow them because they're "Cheaty." That's why I thought it was kind of odd they issued them.

That's awesome. What math class did you sit in on, was it like an Ops Res class or something?

I need to get me one of them CAS things . . .

 

[OldRetSWO]

I have to smile at this. I went to Michigan Tech as an undergrad and my class was the first required to have scientific calculators. Mine crapped out just before Calc finals. I used a slide rule. A lost art but no batteries included. To my kids it might as well be an abacus.

Uh oh, you may have just invoked all of our resident Naval Academy graduates to come and claim they were "the last class to be issued slide-rules". *

*The smiles indicate that the post you have just read is a joke

I don't need to "claim" it and have both of mine. . . the full size and pocket size among my collection of "relics". I haven't brought either of them in to show my university students but have brought my sextant in a few times and they are fascinated by it.

FWIW, I used it only a few times as electronic calculators were carried in the MIDSTORE and every classmate that I knew had one so slide rules were not used very often.

 

[THParent]

I have two slide rules. One for everyday use, and one for dressy occasions.

 

[Boolean]

I only say that because at every school I've been at (admittedly small sample size of 2) they didn't allow calculators in Calc. I guess unless you've got a super graphing-calculator it can really only help you cheat on trig, and that's about all it can do for you.

And Calc 2 is indeed a beast.

The TI-Nspire CAS series has Computer Algebraic System which has been able to do almost every differential equation and calculus problem I've thrown at it. I currently use one although the University I go to doesn't allow them because they're "Cheaty." That's why I thought it was kind of odd they issued them.

That's awesome. What math class did you sit in on, was it like an Ops Res class or something?

I need to get me one of them CAS things . . .

It was SM261 which is Matrix Theory and it was pretty much just a linear algebra course from what I observed. Actually, I just looked through the syllabus and its almost exactly like the intro to linear course I took a while ago