TI-Nspire For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science)) |  | Author: Steve Ouellette
Publisher: For Dummies
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 360
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470379340
Dewey Decimal Number: 512
EAN: 9780470379349
ASIN: 0470379340
Publication Date: January 27, 2009
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Product Description
That TI-Nspire handheld is unlike any math tool you’ve ever seen! Much more than a calculator, it’s a learning aid for mathematics from pre-algebra to calculus. TI-Nspire For Dummies walks you through every amazing feature, showing you how to use this remarkable learning technology. In plain English, you’ll learn everything from how to load the batteries and create a document to how to perform geometric calculations and construct statistical graphs. You’ll be able to: - Set up your TI-Nspire, get familiar with the keypad, use the d, e, /, x, c, and b function keys, and configure system settings
- View graphical, algebraic, numeric, geometric, and written formats
- Grasp mathematical concepts more easily through multiple and linking representations
- Recognize how different concepts are linked by watching how a change in one representation appears in others
- Work with the calculator menu, tools, forms, and variables
- Create documents, add problems, configure page layout, and save your work for assignments or class notes
- Use the graphing functions in the analytic view and work with geometric objects in the plane geometry view
- Create and manage lists and spreadsheets and use this application with others for statistical calculations
- Install the corresponding software on your computer and connect the handheld device to your PC
Written by a math teacher, TI-Nspire For Dummies helps students and educators alike take full advantage of this outstanding tool for teaching and learning math.
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 words from my son November 11, 2009
P. Thomas (Portland,Or.)
This book is the same as the free getting started guide book that comes with the Nspire and reads like a sales pitch.
 Ready, Set, Go with your TI Inspire May 6, 2009
G. Bockus (Wilburton, OK USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Are you an experienced TI 84 user who is perplexed by the new TI Inspire? Here is the book for you. You will learn all about that big round button and other features of the mini computer for want of a better description. This is not your big Sibling's graphing calculator. Much better than the user manual that comes with the calculator. If the school where your kids attend are getting these buy a couple of copies for the math department and the library.
 Small text and icons makes for frustrating eyestrain! March 21, 2009
Patricia D. Brown (Rancho Santa Fe, CA USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have to admit, my book just arrived yesterday. Therefore, my current review is not based on content quality but on ease of use. The text type and font size for the graphics (icons, charts, nspire keyboard illustrations) is both extremely small (teeny tiny icons)and often faint in color. This makes for very difficult reading. The screen shots of the calculator are often tough to read because of the size of the text and the shading they chose. You will have to read this in a well-lit room to avoid squinting at the graphics, icons, and equations.
Having said this, I would still purchase the book to be able to use the Nspire calculator. If you know what you want to do, it seems to have the detailed explanations to walk you through the steps. Also, it does cover both the CAS version of the calculator and the TI-84 version.
 Making the TI-Nspire easy to use February 13, 2009
Krishna (Albany, NY USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
My view is very different from Mr. Bookman's. This book deserves 5 stars or more for the detail on every page that makes the Nspire a simple tool. This year I bought this intricate piece of hardware, without the slightest clue of how to use it. I wanted to learn about the next revolutionary adavancement for calculators so I bought this book to clear my doubts and to show me the way. Buying this book has been the best idea ever, since each page goes through a detailed procedure of how to utilize the calculator. As of now, I know how to use derivatives, integrals, solve equations, make graphs, etc, and I am learning new things every day. I also use this calculator for my AP Calc BC class. So as a student, if I can understand the features on the calculator, then anyone can also with this book. It has made the class easier for me, and I feel very confident for my AP test in May.
I don't think a book can be any clearer for dummies. Anyone that has a Nspire and would like to ace their AP Calc exam or learn all its features should get this book. This, in my opinion, is the first and should be the last book for the TI-Nspire since it covers everything about the calculator. No more shall we suffer trying to understand all the buttons on the Nspire.
Okay but needs more work February 10, 2009
BookMan (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've been waiting for this book to be released for many months (as the publication date has been repeatedly delayed). Sadly, it does not provide the much needed documentation to use the TI-Nspire adequately. While the TI-Nspire appears to be a well-designed piece of hardware, it also comes with some of the worst documentation I've seen in years. Admittedly, I've never been a fan of the "dummies" series but I've been eagerly awaiting this book's publication with the hope that it will help me to learn how to use the device.
Unfortunately, this book begins by providing some very detailed (and, arguably unnecessary) information such as how to install the batteries. By the 3rd chapter things begin to fall apart. I've already re-read much of the material and, like the useless information one must hunt for all over the Internet in order to develop an even rudimentary understanding of the Nspire, this book simply does not contain enough information to help those of us who are not "dummies." Providing step-by-step guidance, while using the TI-Nspire, would have been far better approach than providing brief descriptions of actions that lack the ability to replicate them on the Nspire.
It is really a shame that the Nspire seems to have so much potential but, due to the dearth of documentation for those who have never used graphic calculators before, it is little more than an expensive brick that requires batteries. The lack of good documentation remains a serious problem. I ended up giving this book 4 stars - not because it really deserves it but because it's the only book that has yet been published on the TI-Nspire. Prepare, however, to be frustrated with this book too. Hopefully, someone, somewhere, will eventually create decent book on the Nspire - at least before the Nspire disappears altogether due to the deplorable lack of documentation.
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