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Angier, Natalie – Discover, 1983
The Computer Museum in Marlborough, Massachusetts houses old and not-so-old calculators, famous old computers and parts of computers, photographs and assorted memorabilia, computer-generated murals, and even a computer made of Tinkertoys that plays tick-tack-toe. The development of the museum and selected exhibits is described. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Peer reviewedBorba, Marcelo C. – Clearing House, 1995
Discusses some major changes that computers, calculators, and graphing calculators have brought to the mathematics classroom, including quasi-empirical studies in the classroom, use of multiple representations, emphasis on visualization, emphasis on tables, an altered classroom "ecology," and increasing complexity for students. (SR)
Descriptors: Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics
Peterson, Ivars – Science News, 1982
By handling numbers in unexpected ways, computers and calculators create headaches for computer programers and set traps for unsuspecting users by sometimes producing wrong answers. Specific examples of such computer/calculator errors are discussed. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Programs, Computers, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedCorbitt, Mary Kay, Ed. – Mathematics Teacher, 1985
The outcomes of a conference on computing in school mathematics, held in March 1984, are summarized. Recommendations on curriculum, instruction, and teacher education are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computers, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCorbitt, Mary Kay, Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
This report of a March 1984 conference presents recommendations on technology and curriculum at the elementary, middle school, and secondary school levels; instruction; and mathematics teacher education. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computers, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education


