December 22, is celebrated as National Mathematics Day. It’s mandatory to know that the understanding of the world around us is conditioned by numbers. No matter how ignorant we may be numbers play an important part in each and every aspect of our lives.
December 22, is celebrated as National Mathematics Day. It’s mandatory to know that the understanding of the world around us is conditioned by numbers. No matter how ignorant we may be numbers play an important part in each and every aspect of our lives. Nevertheless, people tend to have an intense fear whenever they encounter mathematics- a typical math anxiety as we may call it. The largest population of its learners in society who fear it most are students.
Apathy to the subject only mounts the pressure on students to do well in mathematics and those who fail to understand the basic concept behind it. This National Mathematics Day lets decode how we can simplify the terror of this subject.
Connect math to real-world situations
Often students fail to understand the subject because they cannot see it practically, therefore if by some extra efforts the subject is laid into practical aspects it would be easier to understand it. For instance, fraction could be explained by dividing cakes, or geometry by taking actual shapes and let children have their own expersiments.
Making the subject interesting with multi-format
Every student has different learning capability, keeping that in mind the subject could be made interesting by using multi-faceted learning. Usage of audios, videos and physical properties could help in more engagement of students and taking part to understand things right from the scratch.
Let students connect facts and formulae
Often it is seen that students fail to connect dots and make sense of the whole concept. For instance, it what they learnt in the previous year could be revised a class before starting the advanced portion of that particular topic. By this student might be less hesitant to ask their problems.
Multiple options to solve a problem
No two children learn the same way. Therefore, pupils shouldn’t be bound to one method to solve a problem. Multiple options must be showed to them to choose a method they find easy to solve the problem.
So, on the occasion of National Mathematics Day, let children explore their comfort zone and overcome the fear of math.
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