Curated by
ACT
Did you learn to calculate using a 7-foot-long slide rule? Did you learn about the properties of numbers using brightly colored Cuisenaire rods? Ever wonder who invented the graph paper you used in geometry class? Go back to the classroom with this look at the tools used to teach math across American history, from the 1800s to the present.
7 Views
5 Downloads
Concepts
Additional Tags
blackboard dividers, blackboard protractor, calculating machines, calculators, desktop electronic calculators, handheld electronic calculators, microprocessor, slate with numeral frame, slide rule, wheeler models, a. harry wheeler, b. f. skinner, emile-georges cuisenaire, frederick emerson, joseph ray, josiah holbrook, macsyma (project mac’s symbolic manipulation system), national museum of american history, ray's practical arithmetic, smithsonian, smithsonian institute, william a. alcott, graphing calculator casio, graphing calculator hp28-c, graphing calculator ti-81, slates, slide rules and software, history of mathematics, technology throughout history
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)