Calculators

by Richard Millwood — last modified Wednesday Jul 30, 2008 07:06

— filed under: story-theme

Calculators don't normally fit people's ideas of educational computing, but the need to calculate numerical tables for navigation, tides and gunnery was a major driving force for the invention of algorithms and computers, and thus calculators hold a special place in the historical development of computing at its most mathematical and its teaching.

Using a calculator in an arithmetic exam — by Richard Millwood — last modified Wednesday Jul 30, 2008 07:43: Using a Brunsviga mechanical calculator for O-Grade Arithmetic examination
Noisy calculators — by Peter Maher — last modified Tuesday Jul 15, 2008 16:22: Hundreds of students using mechanical calculators in an examination makes a distracting noise

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