Geetha Iyer and Sundaram S
This is the centenary year of Charles Darwin, whose classical theory of the Origin of Life is still hotly debated.
Category: 2009
Palm leaves, shells and patterns
R Meenakshi
The idea of using palm leaves as teaching material was a very new concept for teachers of Titan School.
Dots, lines, spaces and Math
Geetha Durairajan
I am not a teacher of mathematics but have taught enough cousins in my school days the basics of percentages, time and distance, time and work, stocks and shares, etc.
Paper folding for learning mathematics
Rashmi Kathuria
Traditionally mathematics is taught using a problem solving approach. Text books are filled with plenty of math exercises.
Break the chapatti and make a fraction!
Brajesh Verma
The term ‘fraction’ in its literal sense means a part of the whole.
Where Nature is the classroom
Shailendra Gupta
Mathemagic!
Saroja Sreekanth
People often tend to equate mathematical ability with intelligence as they see it used brilliantly by some and poorly by others.
Division of fractions
Dr SN Gananath
The more serious issue of school maths is what is taught rather than how it is taught.
The concept of negative numbers
Shakuntala Jaisinghani
Several hundred years ago mathematicians realised that there were a lot of problems they could solve if they had a way to talk about numbers less than zero.
What is math?
Vijayalakshmi Nagarajan
Vocabulary enrichment is essential in the development of mathematical concepts in children.