One such effort is by Mr. Dinesh Goyal, Government Co Education Senior Secondary School, Sainik Vihar, New Delhi (110034). Although employed at the post of TGT Social Science, Mr. Goyal has taken some notable initiatives in developing resources for teaching basic concepts in Mathematics. Of considerable appreciation is his effort in building these at a minimal cost. Most of the raw material used is from leftover card board boxes from mid day meals served in the school.
One of the resources developed is a board on which numbers can be placed. Cards containing numbers and place values are used to facilitate students in solving problems of addition, multiplication, and subtraction, of numbers of up to six digits. Most notable in this board is the place marked for placing cards for borrow and carry over.
Another is a card board number machine. One student at a time can be asked to represent a six digit number on the machine which will help students to develop and strengthen the concept of large numbers.
Using cardboard and leftover plastic straws, Mr. Goyal has also developed three dimensional shapes such as cube, cylinder, and cuboid.
(Please see the video below for more details.)
While the efforts of Mr. Goyal are noteworthy, it must be acknowledged that such initiatives reach greater success with support from other teachers of the school, the school principal and of course, the students.
With thanks to Mr. Dinesh Goyal for allowing the video to be uploaded on the blog.
Special thanks to Ms. Archana, who spread the word and shared Mr. Goyal’s ideas with me. Ms. Archana is also working as TGT Social Science in Government Co Education Senior Secondary School, Sainik Vihar, New Delhi.