Calculators

by Richard Millwood — published Jul 15, 2008 03:45 PM, last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM

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.

Noisy calculators — by Peter Maher — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM: Hundreds of students using mechanical calculators in an examination makes a distracting noise
Using a calculator in an arithmetic exam — by Richard Millwood — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM: Using a Brunsviga mechanical calculator for O-Grade Arithmetic examination
Electronic calculators and imperial units — by Bill Gibbon — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM: An early encounter with electronic calculators in quantity surveying

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The archive is directed and maintained by Richard Millwood of Core Education UK supported by Sandra Crapper, Maureen Gurr, Margaret Cox, Nick Rushby and Joy Hooper. The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) were archive sponsors in 2008 and Becta were sponsors in 2009. Much of the archive was gathered in the years 1990 - 2006 by Prof Stephen Heppell with Richard Millwood and stored at Ultralab at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford. In its early days it was catalogued by Greta Mladenova and in 2006 Rex Wingate helped to organise the items in store. More recently, since 2011, Doreen Wright, Nick Rushby, Chris Monk and Joy Hooper have been helping catalogue the materials and develop policies.

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