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Introduction: This website has been constructed keeping in mind the beauty of the Universal Language of Mathematics. Although this website contains personal information but the larger interest still remains in spreading love for the subject. This site will also provide Maths Help to the students

Many a times students are seen uninterested in learning the language of Mathematics. I often encounter questions like, � Sir, why should I study Maths?� ; � Sir, what will integration help me when I go to the market to buy vegetables or in the day today business of life� ; �Sir, Trigonometry has no applications or what? I have not used it for any reason so far in my day today life� and then �Maths is so boring? How can you study Maths?�

Well as Teachers, especially Mathematics teachers, I am very sure that we all must have faced these questions sometime or the other. I have to then explain my kids that Mathematics is a process. Many of the things that are taught may not be applied at the vegetable market all the time or in simple day today activity but it has a profound impact in the long run. After studying Mathematics for a considerable number of years, a person tends to become systematic in approach towards his work. He/she tends to become more logical and can analyze the problems or data, better. The onus of Mathematics being boring lies on us as well as the constraints we work under. Also, I have found that children do not like to think or in other words, apply their mind now-a-days. Soft subjects are mostly very popular with them. Maths not one of the happy-go-lucky subjects therefore becomes boring for some of the kids.

Recently�.. teaching at of The Assam Valley School I came to know about a new concept � special classes only for Thinking. What would you say.. �thinking classes�. But I guess time has arrived when we ought to start these type of classes as we can hardly provide sufficient time and scope for the child to think in our classes. Yes, the time constrain indeed. But, I think these �thinking classes� would definitely develop the thinking skills of the students if the content is chosen judiciously and encourages the child to think within sufficient time limit. I also believe that, once the child starts thinking, none of the classes will turn out to be boring for the teacher and the taught. Whatever may be the methodology but it is for sure that without the ability to think and analyze it is extremely difficult to grow in this world.

It is very important to know as to how to study Mathematics. Many students are not aware of the fact that Mathematics cannot be studied / learnt like other subjects. Hence they start losing interest in Maths as they want to learn it in the same way as the other subjects. .

I also think that the persona of the Mathematics Teacher also has a direct link to the liking for the subject. We as Mathematics teachers should always be approachable to the students. Gone are those days when Mathematics teachers used to be terrors in the school and classrooms� Now students can connect better with Mathematics if they find the Mathematics teacher more understanding and approachable. Also it is to be understood that many of the Mathematical concepts may be difficult to understand for the students and may be difficult for the teacher to explain to a certain age group. However the same concepts the children understand more quickly with maturity. I am sure �.. there are many Mathematics teachers who have understood the intricacies involved with some of the concepts when they started teaching together with learning. Thus the teacher has to understand as to what level the concepts can be pushed to for a certain age group of children. If we try and force the concepts into the head of a child who is not mature enough to understand it (even though it may be a part of the curriculum that you teach) the child would move away from Mathematics and to get him back would be a daunting task. I have provided links to some very useful sites which would help students to understand the nature of the subject - Mathematics and how it has to be studied. Your suggestions are however most welcome.

So��.., happy learning........ Rudrendra Basak

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