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Waits, Bert K.; Demana, Franklin – 2001
This essay begins with a brief history of calculator development and presents some lessons learned about using calculators in work dating back to the 1970s. A position statement on the appropriate use of calculator technology is presented along with a discussion of some of the controversial issues that have arisen as a consequence of the use of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedCornelius, Michael – Mathematics in School, 1985
Changes in school mathematics in Britain during the period 1944 to 1984 are discussed. The Jeffery Syllabus of the 1940s, agitation for change in the 1950s, projects in the 1960s, and evaluation and the advent of the calculator in the 1970s are each included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, History
