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Peer reviewedSchoen, Harold L. – High School Journal, 1977
Provides a summary of the findings of nearly one hundred-fifty studies dealing with self-paced instruction S(PI) mathematics programs that involved students at the secondary level with some implications for practice. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Educational Research, Program Evaluation, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBinongo, Jose Nilo G. – Mathematics Teacher, 2002
Employs statistical tools to determine whether the digits of Pi are pseudorandom. Discusses the difficulties in answering this question. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Number Systems
Peer reviewedTrotter, Terrel, Jr. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2002
Argues that by celebrating the number pi with special mathematical activities we may be teaching the fundamental concept of the place-value structure of our decimal place system. Includes several examples to illustrate the argument. (MM)
Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedBuhl, David A. – Mathematics Teacher, 2001
Describes a classroom inquiry into expressing the number pi as the limit of a sequence of different ratios using relationships among coins and the radius of an inscribed circle. (KHR)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Inquiry, Limits (Mathematics), Mathematics Activities
Peer reviewedDonahue, Richard J. – Mathematics Teacher, 1988
Techniques for estimating pi using the microcomputer are demonstrated. Four BASIC programs, coded from pi generating formulas, are compared for efficiency. (PK)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Peer reviewedHirsch, Christian R. – Mathematics Teacher, 1977
Three experiments which use probabilities to approximate pi are described. (JT)
Descriptors: Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education, Probability
Peer reviewedLeddy, T.; Mott C. F. – Mathematics in School, 1976
A sequence of activities leading to the concept of Pi is suggested. (DT)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Download full textSchaaf, William L., Ed. – 1967
This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series makes available expository articles which appeared in a variety of mathematical periodicals. Topics covered include: (1) the history of the number pi; (2) what's new about pi; (3) the number pi; (4) pi and probability; and (5) from the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Enrichment, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedKahanec, Frank – Mathematics Teacher, 1985
One schools' experiences with mathematics contests are described, with American Pi, the Great Calculator Contest, and the Forest View Math Olympics in problem solving each detailed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities, Mathematical Enrichment
Peer reviewedSrinivasan, P. K. – Mathematics Teacher, 1981
A method for approaching the value of pi using a transparent sheet of parallel lines is discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Geometric Concepts, Manipulative Materials, Mathematical Concepts
Peer reviewedSeitz, Donald T. – Mathematics Teacher, 1986
Diagrams that aid in relating the golden ratio to pi are discussed, with the theorem and its proof. (MNS)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematics History
Peer reviewedCarlson, Ronald J. – Mathematics Teacher, 1981
A computer simulation of the Buffon Needle Problem for estimating the value of pi is discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computers, Mathematical Applications, Problem Solving
Schaaf, William L., Ed. – 1967
This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series makes available expository articles which appeared in a variety of mathematical periodicals. Topics covered include: (1) the latest about pi; (2) a series useful in the computation of pi; (3) an ENIAC determination of pi and e to more than…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Enrichment, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedCoes, Loring, III – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Gives a lesson plan for a mathematics activity using balloons which shows connections between the algebraic concepts of slope, linear functions, and power functions and the geometric concepts of circle, sphere, volume, and pi. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Functions (Mathematics), Geometric Concepts, Geometry
Peer reviewedBolduc, E. J. – School Science and Mathematics, 1977
Geometry and a hand-held calculator are used to find a value of pi accurate to five decimal places. (CP)
Descriptors: Calculators, Educational Media, Electronic Equipment, Geometry
