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Mathematics and Life 20 Improving school mathematics 5

 Improving school mathematics 5

Impact on changing the child’s attitude towards maths


Mathematics is the science of recognising, understanding, appreciating, creating and using patterns in day to day life, business, sciences, work life, technology.


Once we develop, teach, treat, maths as a science of patterns, give students a fair chance to come with answers at their own pace, when no answer is wrong or is ridiculed, when all are right in their own ways, when there is no unnecessary comparison of scores, I have found students willing to even try sums on their own.


Unequal comparisons, public insults, repeated reprimand for scoring low on Mathematics tests are the most significant factors that affect, shape up child’s attitude towards maths as a subject. More often than not, due to reasons beyond their capacity as well, the children face these situations at early stage of learning which results in the children developing maths anxiety, hatred towards the subject at a very young age.


Also, once  the language - math interface is developed properly, students will start understanding the sums which again will reinforce their faith in their ability to do maths, resulting in developing the right attitude towards maths.


Giving examples from daily life, making the students use mathematical skills to solve simple counting, measuring, money exchange problems will help them develop the right attitude towards maths.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 4, 2021 at 2:53 PM

    Very true sir... I have also experienced these all. A child loves subject 60% by his interest and the rest he/she loves or hates it only bcoz of the presentation of the teacher concerned.once they interested in maths they won't ho back.teacher should boost up their doubts to right track, it will be a great success of both student and teacher.😊

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