Object Details
maker
Resor, Charles Pillsbury
Description
The Flashmaster, introduced in 2002 for both school and home use, was designed to be an electronic alternative to flash cards in arithmetic teaching. It not only gave examples to be solved, but allowed for timed tests and tracked student performance.
The lightweight instrument has a gray plastic case. One selects the learning activity desired by pressing one of the six yellow buttons near the top. Three white buttons allow one to choose the time limit, the arithmetic operation, and the level of the activity. The time and the level, along with the problem to be solved, appear on the screen below. Students enter answers by pressing the digit buttons across the bottom.
According to the cardboard box, the instrument was "DESIGNED, DEVELOPED & MANUFACTURED FOR FLASHMASTER LLC (/) BY ACCENT ENTINEERING (LUBBOCK, TEXAS) and TRONICBROS. (HONG KONG)." Flashmaster LLC has an address in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Pillsbury Resor
date made
2002
ID Number
2003.0046.01
catalog number
2003.0046.01
accession number
2003.0046
Object Name
teaching device
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall box: 4 cm x 25 cm x 14 cm; 1 9/16 in x 9 27/32 in x 5 1/2 in
flashmaster: 2 cm x 18.6 cm x 10.7 cm; 25/32 in x 7 5/16 in x 4 7/32 in
place made
China
See more items in
Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Learning Arithmetic
Science & Mathematics
Arithmetic Teaching
Data Source
National Museum of American History
web subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1192339