Texas Instruments TI-89 Calculator Tutor - Volume 2

This is the second volume of the TI89 calculator tutorial from Jason. This one covers things you will absolutely use in the latter portions of a pre-calculus class and throughout all levels of calculus and engineering. The first volume covered the stuff that is important to know when you are in algebra (where you likely will not be able to use the calculator because it can give you the answers to almost everything), but this one goes through calculating derivatives and integrals, working with vectors, creating and editing matrices (which will be used a lot if you go on to higher-level classes), and graphing parametric and polar equations. Jason also covers some of the statistics functions of the calculator, but honestly, if you have to take a statistics or data analysis class when it comes to making the plots, you are most likely going to use something like Excel or one of the Statistics-specific computer programs like Minitab to do your homework, so chances are you will not be relying on the calculator all that much. So, I think he could have focused less on the plots and more on the actual calculations. Then he finishes with a couple of sections on differential equations.The TI89 is a calculator that a lot of people getting hard science or engineering degrees use because it is very powerful and can give exact answers. That is also why a lot of teachers will not let students use it. But, unless you get one of the programs (or figure out how to make your own) to show the exact steps, you still have to figure out how to work out the answer. But, if you know how to use this, you can use it on an exam to know the correct answer and use it to check your work or know what the answer to the problem should be while you do your work. This will help you get familiar with the major functions of the calculator, which is essential if you are going to use it efficiently.

Jason is very clear and repeats when the going gets difficult. You can either sit and listen or work along with him. The two volumes together make an excellent coverage of how to use the ti-89, which is the most difficult calculator to learn to use I have ever come across, with an official manual that is very far from clear. There are all kinds of tips and tricks that you wouldn't find without these tutorials.I have one caveat. Instructions for programming it are not included. Given how much the calculator can do there may have been an assumption that this is not necessary. At university level maths I need to be able to do my own thing. Please, Jason, write volume 3!

Worked ok till I got a quarter of the way through the program then the program froze. I tried it again and it did the same thing. Not sure of the problem but Im going to check my computer and see if thats the problem.

If you are seeking to learn how to use the Ti-89 in statistics, don't waste your money. Seriously you will get better instruction for free on YouTube. More than half the statistical instruction on this DVD deals with Histograms, Box plots, and Dot plots, and the only significant difference between them, on the TI-89, is choosing which one you want to use. As an example to the instruction you'll receive, this guy spent 3/4 on the time entering data, and not explaining anything about the operation of the TI-89 itself.

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The manual that came with my TI-89 was a bit confusing for me. These DVD tutorial videos were just what I needed to learn to use this wonderful calculator. Well worth the cost. Tip - Get these videos before you start Trigonometry or Calculus :)

No one matches the clarity, the awareness of when not to proceed deeper into already arcane subjects.

I bought this Video to help me learn in more detail about the TI-89 Calculator. It is still helping me today.