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Teaching Mathematics and its Applications 1997 16(4):177-180; doi:10.1093/teamat/16.4.177
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0.4971 and All That-Is there Life after the Calculator?

PETER MITCHELL

Peter Mitchell studied Mathematics at Oxford from 1967 to 1973. He taught at Oxford Polytechnic (as it was then known) and at Glasgow Academy, and is now Head of Mathematics at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne. He is chairman of MEI's Structured Mathematics Management Committee and a member of its board. He is also Chairman of Supermaths, a group of teachers in the north-east which runs Master Classes in Newcastle for children from Years 9, 10 and 11. His leisure interests include cross-country running and buses.

Address for correspondence: Meikleriggs, 122 Regent Farm Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3HE, UK. (Peter.Mitchell{at}schools.ncl.ac.uk)
This article is an attempt to assess the status and use of the hand-held calculator in the current school curriculum, and to comment on current proposals to restrict its use in the examination room at A-level. Its scope is within the grasp of both teachers and learners at that level.


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