ACTION RESEARCH ON PROBLEMS FACED BY STUDENTS DURING SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS YVONNE JOE KOCHUPURA B.Ed.MATHEMATICS ABSTRACT The students feel challenged by the word problems asked in Mathematics. They face series of troubles in solving the questions despite their admirable attitudes towards learning the subject. Hence, the improvement in Mathematics problem solving skill has prioritized. This study focuses on the challenges faced by Class 8 students of Emmanuel’s HSS,Kothanalloor and action research undertaken to find immediate solution.The article thus stresses the importance of mastering the problem solving skills which in turn will have a great impact in developing Logical Thinking . Key Term : Action research, problem solving skill Introduction It cannot be denied that problem-solving is an important part of mathematics education. Mathematics, in general, is an important subject because of its practical role to a person and society as a
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EXPERIENCES DURING SHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME
REFLECTING ON MY EXPERIENCES AS A MATHEMATICS TEACHER DURING INTERNSHIP Internships provide teachers the opportunity to become fully engaged in day-to-day operations.They help teachers make their instruction more relevant to their students by using these experiences to increase their knowledge of jobs,career fields and job opportunities in the community. I was assigned Emmanuel's HSS School ,Kothanalloor during school internship of four months.I was given charge as Mathematics teacher for students of eighth standard and 9th standard.There were 41 students in 9th std and 37 students in 8th std.I had taught almost all chapters in both the classes. With the help of charts and activity cards,I had prepared lesson plans and had tried my level best to present the lessons in a much interesting manner to the students.Also, the supervising teacher in the school,Pushpa teacher and Kirans teacher was a source of great motivation for me.Just like a friend,teacher has given me necessary corr
Famous Indian Mathematicians and their Contributions
Mathematics is the science of structure, order and relation that has evolved from elemental practises of counting, measuring and the shapes of objects. Gauss said "Mathematics is the queen of science and arithmetic is the queen of all mathematics. " Here we discuss about some famous Indian mathematicians and their contributions. 1. ARYABHATA Born 476 AD Died 550 AD Residence Kusumapura,Patna Nationality Indian Fields Mathematics , Astronomy Books Aryabhatiya , Aryasiddhanta CONTRIBUTIONS Aryabhata made a notation system in which digits are denoted with alphabets. He was familiar with the place value system. He knew numeral symbols and the sign for zero. He has given methods of extracting square root,cube root. He was the first one to explore integer solution to the equations of the form by= ax+c and by=ax c where a,b,c are integers. He give formula for the area of a triangle ,square rectangle, rhombus circles etc He discover the Pi value. 2. BHASKARACHARYA Born 1114 AD Died
