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Which modules are not require the CAS calculator?
« on: May 20, 2010, 11:11:17 pm »
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My school is teaching Trig, network and business, but im thinking of doing others. However, the only problem i will face is learning and using the CAS calculator. Which modules are not require the use of the CAS calc?
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Re: Which modules are not require the CAS calculator?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2010, 01:14:51 am »
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My school is teaching Trig, network and business, but im thinking of doing others. However, the only problem i will face is learning and using the CAS calculator. Which modules are not require the use of the CAS calc?

With the time limit in the exam, I believe it would be more of a benefit to exploit all the functions of a CAS calculator rather than avoid it.  The reason is because when the exam is written, the examiners expect you to use the calculator so if you don't use the capabilities of the calculator, you'd be disadvantaging yourself.

Having said that, if you don't feel confident with using a CAS calculator there is still time to improve and build upon that.  I did Geometry and Trigonometry, Networks, Graphs & Relations and Matrices.  I can tell you that for all 4 modules I used the calculator a lot.  :)

P.S.  Why 4 modules?  Because I swapped modules in each exam.

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Re: Which modules are not require the CAS calculator?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2010, 04:14:16 pm »
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My school is teaching Trig, network and business, but im thinking of doing others. However, the only problem i will face is learning and using the CAS calculator. Which modules are not require the use of the CAS calc?

With the time limit in the exam, I believe it would be more of a benefit to exploit all the functions of a CAS calculator rather than avoid it.  The reason is because when the exam is written, the examiners expect you to use the calculator so if you don't use the capabilities of the calculator, you'd be disadvantaging yourself.

Having said that, if you don't feel confident with using a CAS calculator there is still time to improve and build upon that.  I did Geometry and Trigonometry, Networks, Graphs & Relations and Matrices.  I can tell you that for all 4 modules I used the calculator a lot.  :)

P.S.  Why 4 modules?  Because I swapped modules in each exam.

Oh, why did you swap modules? Is there a secret to it like.. some modules are easier/faster with multiple choice questions. :D
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Re: Which modules are not require the CAS calculator?
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2010, 08:17:48 pm »
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My school is teaching Trig, network and business, but im thinking of doing others. However, the only problem i will face is learning and using the CAS calculator. Which modules are not require the use of the CAS calc?

With the time limit in the exam, I believe it would be more of a benefit to exploit all the functions of a CAS calculator rather than avoid it.  The reason is because when the exam is written, the examiners expect you to use the calculator so if you don't use the capabilities of the calculator, you'd be disadvantaging yourself.

Having said that, if you don't feel confident with using a CAS calculator there is still time to improve and build upon that.  I did Geometry and Trigonometry, Networks, Graphs & Relations and Matrices.  I can tell you that for all 4 modules I used the calculator a lot.  :)

P.S.  Why 4 modules?  Because I swapped modules in each exam.

Oh, why did you swap modules? Is there a secret to it like.. some modules are easier/faster with multiple choice questions. :D

Just thought that the module presented in a exam on the day was a bit difficult than expected so I just switched since the modules aren't scaled or anything based on difficulty.  So do what you feel most confident in.

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Re: Which modules are not require the CAS calculator?
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2010, 09:19:59 pm »
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matrices? um. its pretty easy msnually but itd easy to learn using the calcu with it. :)
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