<p>I'm taking Calc I during this fall and I was wondering if I would be able to use a calculator and/or my notes during the tests?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>You probably can use a #2 pencil, and that’s about it. Maybe a calculator if you’re lucky.</p>
<p>Yeah, you’ll probably use a pencil and (maybe) some standard scientific calculator.</p>
<p>um you should be able to use a scientific calculator. like a TI 83 or TI 84</p>
<p>Yeah were allowed on all the tests except for one.</p>
<p>No notes, some formulas were provided, some were not.</p>
<p>Don’t expect to use a calculator for any type of basic math. </p>
<p>Pretty much the classes that I took, they made it where you couldn’t use a calculator and you had to simplify your answer as best you could without the use of a calculator.</p>
<p>" um you should be able to use a scientific calculator. like a TI 83 or TI 84 "</p>
<p>Those are programmable calculators. I can’t see those being used in any college Calc class during tests.</p>
<p>We were only allowed to use a scientific calculator, no graphing. You shouldn’t need it though as long as you have a reasonable professor.</p>
<p>It’s different for each class, obviously.</p>
<p>In my calculus class we could not use calculators of any kind on the tests.</p>
<p>I think using notes on the test would be a definite no for the majority of classes.</p>
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<p>I’m a science major and have taken lots of math/science courses and at my college (actually have attended two, so colleges) all types of calculators were allowed except first semester in chemistry where only a basic calc was allowed. Everything was on the honor system.</p>
<p>Yeah TI 83s are not scientific. They’re graphing.</p>
<p>It would be a TI-34 or something. (Not that you really need an expensive scientific calculator)</p>
<p>You would only use scientific calculators; it’s pretty rare to be able to use graphing calculators.</p>
<p>I guess my school is more of the odd man out. We were not allowed to use any calculator or anything else. We were only allowed pencils for the tests.</p>
<p>^No calculators allowed in my calculus class exams either.</p>
<p>no fax machines allowed</p>
<p>that was on the syllabus of one of my math courses.</p>
<p>and also , i know one kid who brought a accounting calculator that he had to plug in and it went clack clack clack. ;]</p>
<p>I don’t see how you can get a complete Calc education without being taught and tested on how to properly use calculators like the TI-89 in order to do the more difficult problems that can’t (and shouldn’t) be done by hand. </p>
<p>I’ve only ever taken Calc as an AP class in high school though, but I think my point still stands.</p>
<p>We weren’t allowed to use any kind of calculator during Calc I.</p>
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<p>My professors, who earned their PhDs from Stanford and Yale, viewed the matter much differently.</p>
<p>My previous school was trying to prepare us for actual jobs.
In no job will they tell you not to use a calculator. In fact, I think in most instances they prefer you use a calculator. This is why I assume we could use any calculator in most classes. People were watched during the test, and a cheater or two was caught every so often. However when profs give papers people could also cheat. People can also sneak cheat sheets. No way to 100% prevent cheaters so calculators too were on the honor system.</p>