Texas Instruments Voyage 200 Manual

6/3/02 © 2002 Texas Instruments
TI-89/TI-92 Plus/Voyage™ 200
StudyCards™ Viewer
Getting Started
What Is StudyCards? Navigate among Cards
Start and Quit StudyCards
How To…
Format StudyCards Analyze Results
Use StudyCards Stacks Check Status Information
Examples
Study Self-Check Cards
Study Multiple-Choice Cards
More Information…
Error Messages Delete StudyCards
Install StudyCards Customer Support
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What Is the StudyCards™ Viewer?
The StudyCards Viewer for the TI-89 / TI-92 Plus /
Voyage™ 200 PLT lets you view electronic flash cards created
using the StudyCards Creator software. Using the StudyCards
Viewer, you can:
•Study cards at your own pace, choosing a study mode that
works best for you.
•Enter and check your answers.Depending on the study
mode you select, the StudyCards Viewer lets you enter your
answer and check it against the correct one.
•Analyze the results.The StudyCards Viewer tracks
responses and displays results for individual cards as well as
entire stacks. Sorting options let you manipulate how results
are displayed to help you determine strengths and
weaknesses.
Use the StudyCards Creator software to create flash cards for
any subject you choose, or download ready-to-use StudyCards
stacks free from the Texas Instruments (TI) Educational &
Productivity Solutions (E&PS) web site at education.ti.com.

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StudyCards stacks are available in a range of topics, including
art, economics, English, world languages, geography, history,
math, music, and science.
Use the StudyCards Creator with a TI-GRAPH LINK™ cable to
transfer card stacks from a computer to your handheld device.
You can also use the TI-GRAPH LINK unit-to-unit cable to
transfer card stacks from one handheld device to another.
The StudyCards Creator is available free from the TI E&PS web
site at education.ti.com.For instructions on sending and
receiving StudyCards stacks, see the StudyCards Creator Help
included with the StudyCards Creator.
Languages
This application is available in English, French, German, and
Spanish. The corresponding language localization software must
also be installed and running.

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Studying StudyCards™ Stacks
StudyCards questions and answers can be either self-check or
multiple-choice.Both types of cards can be grouped by their
levels of difficulty in StudyCards Creator.
Note Levels of difficulty are set in the StudyCards Creator and cannot
be altered in the StudyCards Viewer. To study cards as if levels
were not assigned, press ƒ4:Format to open the FORMATS
dialog box and turn on the Ignore Levels format option.
Opening a StudyCards stack
1. Start the StudyCards Viewer. The Stack Info screen appears.
Score values for:
Ÿ-Correct answers
x - Incorrect answers
!-Skipped questions

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2. Press ¸. A screen displays the study mode and the
number of cards in the stack.
Note •In Normal study mode,the next run number appears instead
of the study mode name. For cards assigned levels of
difficulty,the next level number also appears.
•In 5Box study mode,the next box number appears instead of
the study mode name.
3. If necessary, press ƒ4:Format to format the StudyCards
Viewer to your specifications.
4. Press Bto display the first card.

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Studying self-check cards
Self-check cards usually take the form of a question on the front
of a card and an answer on the back. The StudyCards Viewer
does not automatically check your answers to self-check cards
as it does with multiple-choice cards.If you want to record your
results for analysis, you must enter the results manually.
To study a self-check card stack in Normal mode:
1. Start the StudyCards Viewer and open a self-check card
stack in Normal mode.
2. Read the question on the card and consider the answer.

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3. Press „to display the correct answer on the back of the
card.
4. To record your incorrect answer, press ….To record your
correct answer, press †.The next card appears.
Tip •To skip to the next card without recording an answer, press B.
•Your recorded answer appears on the status line the next time
you view the card. A check mark (Ÿ)indicates a correct
answer; an xindicates an incorrect answer.
? – No answer recorded
Ÿ–Correct answer recorded
x – Incorrect answer recorded

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5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each card in the stack.
Following the last card, a screen confirms that there are no
more cards to view in this run.
Note To return to the current run, press A.
6. To continue the study session,press B.
For a new run, a screen displays the last run number and this
information about the next run:
-Number of cards to be reintroduced
-Number of cards left to study
-Next run number

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—or —
For a completed study session, a screen confirms that all cards
have been answered correctly.
7. To display the first card in the next run,press „and then B.
—or —
To view results for the completed study session, press ….
Note •To view results anytime during a study session, press the
function key corresponding to the Results menu. From the
results screen, press …to return to the session.
•To start over with the same stack at the end of a study
session, press „.

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Studying multiple-choice cards
Multiple-choice cards usually present a question with several
choices and the correct answer. Press the number key that
corresponds to your answer. The StudyCards™ Viewer checks
your answer automatically.
Tip •If the list of possible answers begins with letters instead of
numbers, press the corresponding number key, for example,
1for a, 2 for b, 3 for c, and 4 for d.
•You can also press …and select an answer from the Answer?
menu.
To study a multiple-choice card stack without levels of difficulty in
Normal mode:
1. Start the StudyCards Viewer and open amultiple-choice card
stack in Normal mode.
2. Read the question and the list of possible answers.

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3. Press the number key that corresponds to your answer. The
StudyCards Viewer checks your answer automatically and
then displays it with the correct answer on the back of the
card.
4. To display the next card, press B.
Correct answer
Selected answer

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5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each card in the stack.
Following the last card, a screen confirms that there are no
more cards to view in this run.
Note To return to the current run, press A.
6. To continue the study session,press B.
For a new run, a screen displays the last run number and this
information about the next run:
-Number of cards to be reintroduced
-Number of cards left to study
-Next run number

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—or —
For a completed study session, a screen confirms that all cards
have been answered correctly.
7. To display the first card in the next run, press „and then B.
—or —
To view results for the completed study session,press ….
Note •To view results anytime during a study session, press the
function key corresponding to the Results menu. From the
results screen, press …to return to the session.
•To start over with the same stack at the end of a study
session, press „.

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Studying cards with levels of difficulty
Using the StudyCards™ Creator, you can group cards by their
level of difficulty. The goal of this study technique is to advance
through all of the levels in a stack by correctly answering the
required number of cards at each level.
To advance from one level to the next, you must answer roughly
80 percent of the cards correctly. After you have correctly
answered the required number of cards in a level, pressing „at
the end of a run advances you to the next level.
When you fail to answer correctly the required number of cards,
pressing „at the end of a run starts the same level over again.
Note When 80 percent of the total number of cards in a level is less
than a whole number, StudyCards Viewer uses the next lower
whole number.
For example, if a level consists of four cards, you must answer
three cards (75%) correctly before you can advance to the next
level. If a level consists of two cards, you must answer one card
(50%) correctly before you can advance.
To study a level out of sequence, press the function key
corresponding to the Level menu and select a level.

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To display results for the current level, press ….
To ignore difficulty levels, press ƒ4:Format and turn on the
Ignore Levels format option.
Note •When the StudyCards Viewer is set to any study mode other
than Normal,difficulty levels are ignored.
•Difficulty levels are set using the StudyCards Creator and
cannot be altered in the StudyCards Viewer.

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Formatting the StudyCards™ Viewer
These options let you change the format of the StudyCards
Viewer to your specifications.
Option Description
Study Mode In Normal mode, you must answer all cards correctly. Test
mode delays answers and results until the test is over. In
5Box mode, you must answer all cards correctly five
consecutive times. Slide Show mode lets you view cards
without answering or recording results.
Default: Normal
Shuffle Cards Changes the order of card presentation for each new run,
test, box, and slide show. Default: No
Reverse Sides Reverses the information displayed on the front and back
of cards. Default: No
Keep Known Cards For stacks without levels of difficulty in Normal study
mode only. Prevents cards from being discarded at the
end of runs. Default: No
Reintroduce Cards For stacks without levels of difficulty in Normal study
mode only. Randomly reintroduces cards discarded in
previous runs. Default: Yes
Ignore Levels Turns off the levels of difficulty assigned to a stack.
Default: No

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Selecting format options
1. Press ƒ4:Format.
Tip You can also use this shortcut: ¥Í(TI-89) or ¥F.
2. In the FORMATS dialog box, use the cursor keys to select an
option and open the menu.
3. Select a menu setting and press ¸.
4. To save settings and close the dialog box, press ¸again.
Restoring default format options
Press ƒ5:Restore Default Formats and then press ¸.

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Using the Normal study mode
The default Normal study mode lets you set up a study session
as a series of runs through a stack. A run occurs when you view
each available card in a stack. Runs continue until every card is
answered correctly, which completes the study session.
For a stack without difficulty levels (or when the Ignore Levels
format option is turned on), all cards are available in the first run.
After the first run, cards answered correctly are discarded and
reintroduced at random in following runs. Following runs thus
consist of cards from previous runs that have been answered
incorrectly or answered correctly and then reintroduced.
At the end of each run, a screen displays this information:
•Run number (This is the number of runs that have occurred
so far in the study session.)
•Number of cards to be reintroduced in the next run
•Cards left to study (Cards answered incorrectly in the
previous run are included in the next run.)
•Next run number
Tip To prevent cards from being reintroduced, press ƒ4:Format to
open the FORMATS dialog box and turn off Reintroduce Cards.

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After all cards have been answered correctly, a screen confirms,
ending the study session.
To start the stack over, press „.To view results,press ….
For a stack with difficulty levels (and with Ignore Levels turned off),
the StudyCards™ Viewer sets up the first run (Run #1) through
level 1 cards. When you correctly answer the required number of
level 1 cards in the run, the StudyCards Viewer sets up the first
run (Run #1) through level 2 cards.