The Role of Memory in Mathematical Ability
» Lessons from neuroscience on how memorizing pi may have broader benefits for the teaching & learning of math
How does memory interact with mathematical ability? Is memory an improvable skill or a limited resource? Is there potential cognitive value to be derived from digit memorization, which could, in turn, influence a student's success in the mathematics classroom?
Or, in short, is all this digit memorizing just ..Read More..
Adriana Martin (2007 - )
» Youngest person to recite more than 600 digits... and counting!
It all began when Adriana Martin’s kindergarten teacher challenged her and her classmates to learn 20 digits of Pi. Just 20… which is quite a feat for a 5 or 6 year old, but not nearly enough to satisfy Adriana.
She needed only two days to commit those 20 digits to memory, so she decided to go for 40, which her teacher said was the kindergarten record. Still not satisfied, Adriana told her parents she wanted to go for 100. This started app ..Read More..
» Teenage pi reciter who broke the 27-year-old North American record in 2006
There are some kids who enjoy learning 20 or 30 digits of pi to impress their classmates. And then there’s Gaurav Raja. He made headlines in his local Roanoke, Virginia newspapers, and later on the Today Show, for his uncanny ability to learn and recite pi to thousands of digits. It began with a pizza. This was his prize in Dr ..Read More..
