Using the New TI-86 for Teaching Statistics

Mark Harbison • Rio Hondo College

Participants will explore features of the new TI-86 that make it user-friendly for statistics students. The "statistics editor" allows side-by-side viewing of lists &emdash; quite an improvement over the TI-85. The "deep recall" feature on the home screen is very nice. Loaner TI-86s will be provided.

ABSTRACT

Step-by-step "introduction to Statistics" instructions are included for all 4 models of calculator: TI-82, 83, 85, 86. Student learning is increased if they are given written help for the particular calculator model for which they already have access.

Some calculator programs must be either downloaded from email or entered line-by-line by hand. For more information, contact the author: mhfractal@aol.com (Mark Harbison)

Note: This work is copyrighted. Educators may use these materials for use by their students, but should make sure that "© Mark Harbison" is part of the copied materials.

Presentation Handouts

TI-82	PDF Format (115K)
TI-83	PDF Format (139K)
TI-85	PDF Format (90K)
TI-86	PDF Format (197K)
Comparing / Contrasting Statistics Features of the TI-82, 83, 85 & 86	PDF Format (18K)