BBC – Hannah Richardson
“There was a time, not so long ago, when calculators were spurned as the handmaid of the lazy maths student. But according to the latest research, far from hindering young maths pupils, these little magic boxes actually aid them with their arithmetic skills. Academics for the Education Endowment Foundation also found that when taught properly, calculators can help students become better at problem solving. Calculators are most useful, they said, when weaved into teaching materials.” (more)