The TI-84 is not an RPN calculator. But what would be the advantage?
And what is this "progress" you speak of? Frankly, I don't know that these calculators should be used in instruction anyway. It smacks of attempts to "modernize education" by throwing computers are it, without justification. Why? Computing devices have their place, but their utility is practical, and their pedagogic value in primary education is limited to specific applications. Using them to teach math seems off. You shouldn't be wasting time on things that have little educational value but that would require a computing device to expedite tedious work.
And what is this "progress" you speak of? Frankly, I don't know that these calculators should be used in instruction anyway. It smacks of attempts to "modernize education" by throwing computers are it, without justification. Why? Computing devices have their place, but their utility is practical, and their pedagogic value in primary education is limited to specific applications. Using them to teach math seems off. You shouldn't be wasting time on things that have little educational value but that would require a computing device to expedite tedious work.