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Fundamentals, May - June 2009 »

[26 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]

Dr Vivek Monteiro
In the context of India, the problem of universalisation of elementary education has two important aspects.

Cross-currents, May - June 2009 »

[16 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

Sujata C
On the face of it, music and mathematics make strange bedfellows.

Math by Doing, May - June 2009 »

[9 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur
The game ideas below are for children four upwards and primarily work on developing a sense …

Fundamentals, May - June 2009 »

[9 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

Dr SN Gananath
It is unfortunate but true. Most of the times when teachers and children are engaged in maths classes what they do is to make a few mathematical noises and very little ‘real’ maths.

Cross-currents, May - June 2009 »

[9 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

Seetha Anand
Young children are natural learners. They bring an informal mathematical knowledge (or number sense) and experience into the pre-school classroom.

Cross-currents, May - June 2009 »

[9 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

Monica Kochar
I am a math teacher but I have always loved poetry. My interest in these two very different subjects made me wonder if I could bring them together in my classes.

May - June 2009, Words Unlimited »

[9 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]

S Upendran
Consternation was probably writ large on my face when the wielder of the blue pencil informed me that the May-June issue of this magazine was to focus on mathematics.

Last Word, May - June 2009 »

[9 Oct 2009 | One Comment | ]

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
As a young student at St. Joseph’s College, I had the opportunity of watching a unique and divine personality go about the college campus every morning teaching mathematics to BSc (Honours) and MA (mathematics) students.

Editorial, May - June 2009 »

[24 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

It’s summer again, with everything it brings – the heat, the dust, the mangoes, sugarcane juice… and best of …