THE banner hanging above the speaker at a TED conference on math instruction seemed to sum up the prevailing thinking: “Stop teaching calculating. Start teaching math.” Indeed, calculators have ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. From the abacus to the slide rule, tools for calculating have been around since ancient times. But it wasn’t ...

The first handheld graphing calculator, the Casio fx-7000G, appeared in 1985. Since then, graphing calculators have become a common – and controversial – tool for learning mathematics. These devices ...

Graphing calculators are a mainstay of both high school and college-level math and science courses. Most of us have had, or will have, experience working with either a Casio or a Texas Instruments ...

Mastering quick square root calculations boosts maths exam performance. Speed and accuracy provide a significant advantage in algebra and geometry. Memorising key square roots and using mental math ...