It’s not Apple IIs, and it’s not Raspberry Pis. The most important computing platform for teaching kids programming is the Texas Instruments graphing calculator. These things have been around in one ...

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 ...

Ask any professor, and they’ll probably tell you graphing calculators offer a plethora of mathematical uses, like plotting graphs, inputting trigonometric functions — you know, typical academic stuff.

Like textbooks, graphing calculators are still a necessary (and expensive) accessory for math and science students in high school and college. Sure, there are calculator apps for tablets and ...

[Photo: Christopher Mitchell] A quick show of hands: How many of you used a graphing calculator in school? Now, how many of you used it more to play games than to solve problems? If you still happen ...