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Hunt, Neville; Mashhoudy, Houshang – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2008
This article re-examines the much maligned piechart and provides justification for its use. It identifies common pitfalls when drawing piecharts in Microsoft Excel and offers advice on how to avoid them. (Contains 6 figures and 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Computer Software Evaluation, Flow Charts, Program Validation
Curtis, Timothy P. – Mathematics Teaching, 1975
Upper-level secondary students investigated square and triangular numbers and Pythagorean triples using computers. (SD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Curriculum
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Simpson, E. J. – Mathematics in School, 1975
Several problems involving "pi" and "e" can be approached by diagramming, flow charting, and computer programing. (SD)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Flow Charts, Geometric Concepts
Stenberg, Warren; Walker, Robert J. – 1970
Parts one and two of a one-year computer-oriented calculus course (without analytic geometry) are presented. The ideas of calculus are introduced and motivated through computer (i.e., algorithmic) concepts. An introduction to computing via algorithms and a simple flow chart language allows the book to be self-contained, except that material on…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Calculus, College Mathematics, Computer Oriented Programs