ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL

RESOURCE CENTRE IN
TEACHING MATHEMATICS

PRESENTED BY: SNEKA.V

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INTRODUCTION
MATHEMATICS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LIFE.MATHEMATICS RESOURCE
CENTRE HAS ALWAYS OCCUPIED AN IMPORTANT PLACE I N THE CURRICULUM. IT
HELPS IN TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE THE MIND AND ALSO DEVELOPING THE
POWER OF THINKING AND REASONING.IT HAS BEEN RIGHTLY SAID THAT HIGHER
THE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF MATHEMATICS SO THIS IS THE NATIONS
DEVELOPMENT. TODAY IN THE FIRST TECHNOLOGICALLY ORIENTED SOCIETY. IT
HAS FOUND A GREATER ROLE TO PLAY.
 CRITERIA FOR SELECTING RESOURCES

1. LEARNING RESOURCES SHOULD SUPPORT THE CURRICULUM OUTCOMES.

2. LEARNING RESOURCES SHOULD BE DEVELOPED THE COMPETENT TEACHERS.
3. LEARNING RESOURCES SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SUBJECT AREA AND FOR THE
AGE EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ABILITY LEVEL, LEARNING STYLES AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEARNERS FOR WHOM THE MATERIALS ARE SELECTED.
4. LEARNING RESOURCES SHOULD HAVE A ONE OF A VARIETY OF MEDIA PRESENTATION
MODES IN MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION.
5. THINKS OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR SUBJECT SPECIFIC TOOLS.
MATHEMATICS LABORATORY AS A LEARNING
RESOURCES

1. THE MATHEMATICS LABORATORY IS A PLACE WHERE ANY BODY CAN

EXPERIMENT AND EXPLORE PATTERNS AND IDEAS.
2. IT IS A PLACE WHERE ONE CAN FIND A COLLECTION OF GAMES,PUZZLES AND
OTHER TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIAL.
3. THE MATHS LAB PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO DISCOVER
MATHEMATICS THROUGH DOING.
 NEED FOR A MATHEMATICS LABORATORY

1. MATHEMATICS LABORATORY IS ACTIVITY CENTERED AND A CHILD IS PLACED IN

PROBLEM SOLVING SITUATION THROUGH SELF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY
2. SHE / HE PROVIDES A SOLUTION BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE NEEDS AND INTEREST
SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH A MATHEMATICS LABORATORY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
THE LEARNING OF THE SUBJECTS.
3. IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERNALIZE THE BASIC
MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS THROUGH CONCRETE OBJECTS AND SITUATIONS.
4. IT HELPS THE STUDENTS TO BUILD INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE IN LEARNING THE
SUBJECT.
5. THE LABORATORY PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT THE RELATEDNESS OF
 1. OBJECTIVES OF MATHEMATICS
LABORATORY

1. IT PROVIDE LEARNING BY DOING.

2. TO DEVELOP AN ATTITUDE OF ENQUIRY.
3. REMOVE THE WEAKNESS OF PRESENT DAY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.
4. TO DEVELOP MUCH NEEDED CONFIDENCE IN STUDENTS.
 UTILITY OF MATHEMATICS LAB FOR
STUDENTS

1. CHILDREN EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF DISCOVERING MATHEMATIC CONCEPTS

THROUGH EXPLORATION.
2. LEARNING WITH UNDERSTANDING HELPS THEM ENJOY MATH AND BRINGS
THEM CLOSER TO MATHEMATICS.
 UTILITY OF MATHEMATICS LAB FOR
TEACHERS

1. IT HELPS THE TEACHERS FOR EXPERIMENTS ALIGNED TO CURRICULUM WITH

DETAILED STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTION.
2. COMPREHENSIVE TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP TO INTRODUCE THEM TO
NEWER WAYS 0F TEACHING.
 DEMONSTRATION KIT

• THESE TYPES OF KITS ARE VERY MUCH USEFUL FOR TEACHERS FOR
DEMONSTRATING SOME SCIENTIFIC FACTS AND PRINCIPLES

STUDENTS KIT
THESE TYPES OF KIDS ARE USEFUL TO THE STUDENTS TO
DO EXPERIMENTS AND EXPERIENCE THE EFFECT BY
THEMSELVES FOR STUDYING FACTS AND PRINCIPLES OF
MATHEMATICS .
• MULTIPURPOSE KITS
. THESE TYPES OF HELPFUL FOR BOTH STUDENT AND TEACHERS THESE
CAN BE USED FOR DEMONSTRATION PROPERTIES BY THE TEACHERS AND ALSO
CAN BE USED BY THE STUDENTS FOR TO DO EXPERIMENTS BY THEIR OWN

FIELD VISIT .
THE FIELD VISIT OR FIELD TRIP IS AN EDUCATIONAL PROCEDURE BY
WHICH EACH STUDENTS GAIN OR LEARN INFORMATION BY OBSERVING THE
OBJECT, PLACES, NATURALLY EVENTS AND OTHER REAL LIFE
INFORMATION .FIELD MAY BE CONSIDERED AS ACTIVE SPECIAL KIND OF
LABORATORY SITUATION WHERE PUT COLLECT ,OBSERVE, MANIPULATE
STUDY AND INTERPRET AND EVALUATE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES
• THE FIELD VISIT PROVIDE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE TO THE STUDENTS .THESE
EXPERIENCE ARE TRANSFERABLE AND MEANINGFU. THEY CREATE INTEREST. TO
NOISI PLACES ARE MAKING ALL SENSES ARE ACTIVE IN THE FIELD VISIT.

• ADVANTAGES
1. THEY PROVIDE FIRST HAND INFORMATION TO ENRICH
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
2. IT CORRELATES THE SCHOOL LIFE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD
AND COMMUNITY .
3. IT WILL HELP TO DEVELOP THE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE.
4. THE PEOPLE’S LEARNING TO PLAN AND ORGANISE A FIELD VISIT.
 ICT BASED LEARNING RESOURCES
• ICT MEANS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY. ICT LEARNING
RESOURCES MEANS THEM LEARNING RESOURCE. WHICH WE RECEIVED USED
COMPUTER ,NETWORK CONNECTIONS. IN THE TECHNOLOGY ERA TEACHING
WITHOUT. ICT IS IMPOSSIBL. WITH THE HELP OF ICT COMMUNICATION HAS
BECOME CHEAPER ,QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENT, EARLIER ,ONLY LARGE
COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES. TODAY EVEN THE SMALLEST
COMPUTERS ARE DEVICES CAN ABLE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. TODAY
COMPUTERS ARE CAPABLE OF EXCHANGE IN INFORMATION WITH THE HELP OF
THE INTERNE. DUE TO THE FOLLOWING REASON THE ICT RESOURCES USED IN
THE CLASSROOM FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING PROCESS.
• STUDENT MOTIVATION
• STUDENT ATTAINMENT LEVELS
• STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN SUBJECT LEARNING
• IMPROVES THE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE RETENTION .

• ICT BASED VIRTUAL EXPERIMENTS . .

• ICT PLAYS A IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL LABORATORY
• AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT E LEARNING TOOLS THEY ALLOW
THE STUDENT TO CONDUCT VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS WITHOUT ANY
RESTRICTIONS TO LAB.
MERITS
• EVEN THE RURAL CHILDREN CAN ABLE TO USE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUMENTS
FREELY
• SERVES VISUAL AID TO TEACH THE COMPLEX CONCEPTS
• THROUGH THIS STUDENTS SAFETY IS ENSURED THE STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED WITH
VIRTUAL LAB VERY EFFECTIVELY

• ROLE OF TEACHER
• IN TRADITIONAL CLASSROOMS IS ROLE IS VERY SIMPLE. HE WAS AT THE CENTRE AND
IN VERY ACTIVE MODE BUT IN THIS DIGITALISED SOCIETY THERE IS A GREAT SHIFT IN
HIS ROLE.NOW HIS ROLE IS BECOMING SO COMPLEX IN NATURE .THERE ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME TECHNOLOGICALLY ORIENTED. SOME IMPORTANT ROLES OF
TEACHERS CAN BE LISTED BELOW .
• AS YOU FACILITATOR BE MUST HELP HIS LEARNERS TO DEVELOP THE POSITIVE
ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THEIR
ENVIRONMENTS AND ALSO MAKE THE READY TO ADJUST AND ADAPT THESE
CHANGES.
• AS A KNOWLEDGE PROVIDE IS LEARNERS MUST BE EXPOSED TO AN ENDING
PROCESS OF KNOWLEDGE AND MADE THEM CAPABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE
RIGHT AND WRONG AT THE SAME TIME .
• AS A GUIDE HE MUST ENABLE IS LEARNERS TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEW
ICT BASED DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE AND ADVANCEMENTS .
• AS YOUR TRAINER IS LEARNERS MUST BE TRAINED AND MASTERED UPON THE
YOU TECHNOLOGY TOOLS OR INSTRUMENTS AND MAKE THEM READY TO
UTILISE ALL THESE AT THE MAXIMUM.
• CAPACITY BUILDER IS LEARNERS MUST BE CAPACITATED WITH ALL THOSE PRACTICUM
AND LIVES SKILLS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR LIVING A HAPPY LIFE
• YAKIN ABSORBER IS LEARNERS MUST BE OBSERVED FOR THEIR ACTIVITIES DURING THE
EXPOSITION OF NEW AND LAST WORLD KNOWLEDGE
• AS A LEARNER BE MUST UPDATE IS KNOWLEDGE TO KEEP PEACE WITH GLOBAL
KNOWLEDGE
• AS A TEAM MEMBER HE MUST WORK BY TAKING THE HELP OF HIS FELLOW TEACHERS.

CONCLUSION
EVERYONE HAS UNDERSTANDING ,RESOURCES, AND INTEREST ON WHICH
TO BUILD ,TEACHERS HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE IN ASSISTING LEARNERS TO
ENGAGE THEIR UNDERSTANDING ,BUILDING ON LEARNERS AND STANDINGS,
CORRECTING MISCONCEPTIONS, AND OBSERVING AND ENGAGING WITH THE
LEARNERS DURING THE PROCESS OF LEARNING .