Many high school mathematics teachers in Canada and America allow their students to use the graphing calculators in class. In calculus courses the graphing calculator is a required part of the student's equipment. Now the notebook comes equipped with the capability of using it as a graphing calculator. The instructors in certain classes such as chemistry or physics ban the calculator because they have the capability of holding the whole periodic table.
The tool is a great instrument to use for the student in learning certain mathematical procedures that can be used in their future careers; however, the student needs to make sure that they are not relying solely on the calculator for their class studies. This could become a source of cheating that would keep the student from learning properly. It is just so easy to rely on this calculator that most students do not even realize that they are not learning the mathematical procedures but instead are depending on the instrument fully for the answers.
Many of the instructors in high schools and colleges require the students to dump information on a regular basis in order to keep things on an even basis during tests. This works out great for the instructors as their students can learn using their calculators and during test time they can use what they learn to find the answers instead of accessing their calculators to bring up the answers. This is a requirement met by most students during their learning process while attending math class.
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