REFLECTION OF MY EXPERIENCES AS A MATHEMATICS TEACHER

My teaching experience at K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta was a great learning experience. I learned a lot about myself as a teacher, My strengths and my weaknesses . The student teaching experience allows us to put everything that we learned about education and your subject matter in to action .

                                    During my student teaching experience, I spent a lot of time preparing each lesson plan . I worked hard to research different way to present the information for each lesson . I looked for activities that students would enjoy , and I made sure that I had all of the materials and other things that I needed before class started . Even then , there were always things that would go wrong . Students would require much more time and explanation than expected .

                                 As such , I realized that I needed to be prepared as much as possible but , more importantly , I needed to prepare to be flexible . You never know what’s going to come up or what will catch the students attention .

 Confidence is crucial for a great student learning experience students need to see that their teacher knows what he or she is talking about . When I first started as a student teacher , I was awkward and unsure of myself .

                               During my first internship in K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta . It was about one month . I got the class 8G for teaching mathematics . My teacher in charge where Jayasree Miss ( Teacher of 8I ) . The students would require much more time and explanation than expected. It was a wonderful experience for me. The students in my class don’t have any basic knowledge about mathematics some times I failed to manage them . Still they had good mark in examination most students are afraid of mathematics teacher . Most of the students don’t ask their doubt . Although I had explained everything deeply .

During my 2^nd internship in 3^rd semester , I got a chance to taught mathematics in 8I and 9I at K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta . During this period it was a difficult period for me . I had lot of workload .my teachers in charge where Deepthi Miss (Teacher of 9I ) and Nisha Miss (Teacher of 8I ). There were students above 50 in each class . Class management was not effective at first but gradually it was effective . The students in my class don’t have any basic knowledge about mathematics, So I taught them how to calculate fast by teaching them Vedic Maths . I explained every thing in detailed . I found that the most of the students have so many problems in life . So have to consider the emotions of students before we reached a conclusion about a student

Study habits of 8^thstandard students of K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta

 

Man ,In fact ,is a creature of habits. Habits are the product of experiences and practice . In the field of education too, habits exercise a strong impact . Study habit is a kind of desirable habit . It has been observed that students at secondary level do not perform well in mathematics . Mathematics is such a subject which requires practice and practice should become a habit among students to achieve well in the subject . It has been agreed that the study habits have strong relationship with academic achievement of students . In this article I discribe about the study I had conducted about study habits of 8^th standard students of K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta .

INTRODUCTION

Habits are the very garments of the soul personality is clothed in habits . Character is described as bundle of habits . Habits are considered as the very foundation of the social order and moral discipline . Habit , according to James “ Is the enormous flywheel of society” . Good moral character is a matter of habitual behavior.

                              Study habits are developed in an atmosphere that is conducive to learn by co-orperative and consistent efforts on the part of learner’s , teacher’s , parents and others . The inculcation of study habits is beneficial as the learner will know how to meet and solve his problem and is able to complete his assignment effectively and successfully. Development of study habits consists of a constant allocation to the work at hand . study habits are established gradually over a period of time . The learner would have a greater change to achieve in his studies if he develops study habit .

 Mathematics is a subject whose basic knowledge is quite essential for each and every individuals of the world . So providing mathematical knowledge to the people is very much needed . It has already been observed that students score less in mathematics and less are selected for science stream then that of humanities . The reason could be improper study habits and negative attitude towards mathematics . To know the achievement in mathematics , the researcher has to pay attention to the study habits of students . Here the researcher had identified the problem to Know the study habits and performance of the students in mathematics at secondary level .

Study habits of 9^th standard students of K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta

I had conducted a study on learning habits among the students n 9 I of K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta . First the students were observed kindly in order to identify the actual position of students and those with learning habits , I conducted an achievement test for the students of 9I . Among the 36 students by analysing the results . I had found that among 36 students 6 students have scored low mark . From this I had found that the students have some learning problems . I had conducted a serious of observation and interview from that it was understood that the most prominent problem for their poor academic performance was due to study habits .

               In order to confirm the observation I had conducted a post test on study habit for this purpose . I had used palsane and Sharma study habits inventory by M.N . Palsane and sadhana sharma .

            The study habit inventory is an instrument designed to measure study habits which include budgeting time , physical conditions for study , reading , ability , note taking , factors in learning motivation , memory , taking examination . Which includes preparation for examinations and use of examination results and health . It has forty five items . The PSSHI is a 3point scale with response always or mostly , sometimes and rarely or never . The scale consist of 11 negative and 30 for positive items . Each item carries weight of 2,1 and 0 respectively . And the score is reversed for negative items . The study habits is mesured on the basis of total scores obtained by the subjects .

                       From study habit inventory I had found that 5 students have greater problem in study habits . I took extra time to provide remedial measures   . I had tought them how to manage time . I asked them to buy a separate note to do maths home work s by which I asked to do.

                       In order to analyse the success of strategy to analyse . I had conducted a post test . The complicity of question paper was ensured. 

                       From the data I had found that the 5 students have improvement .

CONCLUSION

                             Learning is an act of acquiring new or modified an reinforcing existing knowledge , behavior , skills , values or preference which may lead to a potential change in synthesising information , depth of knowledge , attitude or behavior relative to the type and range of experience .

         Learning skills on habits are a factor that effects the learning process of the students . The students of 9I at K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta lacked proper study habits like memory skill ,time management etc . Which resulted in the attainment of low marks  . Once after providing proper guidance and instructions the students were able to achieve good marks for the exam .

SUGGESTIONS

1. Subject matter of all subjects should be taught and learnt in close contact with it’s applications

2. Students should be encouraged to develop proper generalisation

3. Discussion and debates should be arranged to develop the students power of understanding relationships.

4. Students should be guided to discover common essential features and relationships of situations which appear to be different suprerfically .

5. Goals , out puts and objects of a particular activities should be made very clear to the students .

REFERENCES

1. Essentials of educational psychology – J. c . Aggarwal

2. Advanced Educational psychology – S.K .Mangal

3. Edu tracks (December ,2012) – Suresh Chandra Sharma

Study habits of 8^thstandard students of K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta

INTRODUCTION

Habits are the very garments of the soul personality is clothed in habits . Character is described as bundle of habits . Habits are considered as the very foundation of the social order and moral discipline . Habit , according to James “ Is the enormous flywheel of society” . Good moral character is a matter of habitual behavior.

                              Study habits are developed in an atmosphere that is conducive to learn by co-orperative and consistent efforts on the part of learner’s , teacher’s , parents and others . The inculcation of study habits is beneficial as the learner will know how to meet and solve his problem and is able to complete his assignment effectively and successfully. Development of study habits consists of a constant allocation to the work at hand . study habits are established gradually over a period of time . The learner would have a greater change to achieve in his studies if he develops study habit .

 Mathematics is a subject whose basic knowledge is quite essential for each and every individuals of the world . So providing mathematical knowledge to the people is very much needed . It has already been observed that students score less in mathematics and less are selected for science stream then that of humanities . The reason could be improper study habits and negative attitude towards mathematics . To know the achievement in mathematics , the researcher has to pay attention to the study habits of students . Here the researcher had identified the problem to Know the study habits and performance of the students in mathematics at secondary level .

Study habits of 9^th standard students of K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta

I had conducted a study on learning habits among the students n 9 I of K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta . First the students were observed kindly in order to identify the actual position of students and those with learning habits , I conducted an achievement test for the students of 9I . Among the 36 students by analysing the results . I had found that among 36 students 6 students have scored low mark . From this I had found that the students have some learning problems . I had conducted a serious of observation and interview from that it was understood that the most prominent problem for their poor academic performance was due to study habits .

               In order to confirm the observation I had conducted a post test on study habit for this purpose . I had used palsane and Sharma study habits inventory by M.N . Palsane and sadhana sharma .

            The study habit inventory is an instrument designed to measure study habits which include budgeting time , physical conditions for study , reading , ability , note taking , factors in learning motivation , memory , taking examination . Which includes preparation for examinations and use of examination results and health . It has forty five items . The PSSHI is a 3point scale with response always or mostly , sometimes and rarely or never . The scale consist of 11 negative and 30 for positive items . Each item carries weight of 2,1 and 0 respectively . And the score is reversed for negative items . The study habits is mesured on the basis of total scores obtained by the subjects .

                       From study habit inventory I had found that 5 students have greater problem in study habits . I took extra time to provide remedial measures   . I had tought them how to manage time . I asked them to buy a separate note to do maths home work s by which I asked to do.

                       In order to analyse the success of strategy to analyse . I had conducted a post test . The complicity of question paper was ensured. 

                       From the data I had found that the 5 students have improvement .

CONCLUSION

                             Learning is an act of acquiring new or modified an reinforcing existing knowledge , behavior , skills , values or preference which may lead to a potential change in synthesising information , depth of knowledge , attitude or behavior relative to the type and range of experience .

         Learning skills on habits are a factor that effects the learning process of the students . The students of 9I at K.P.M.H.S.S , Poothotta lacked proper study habits like memory skill ,time management etc . Which resulted in the attainment of low marks  . Once after providing proper guidance and instructions the students were able to achieve good marks for the exam .

SUGGESTIONS

1. Subject matter of all subjects should be taught and learnt in close contact with it’s applications

2. Students should be encouraged to develop proper generalisation

3. Discussion and debates should be arranged to develop the students power of understanding relationships.

4. Students should be guided to discover common essential features and relationships of situations which appear to be different suprerfically .

5. Goals , out puts and objects of a particular activities should be made very clear to the students .

REFERENCES

1. Essentials of educational psychology – J. c . Aggarwal

2. Advanced Educational psychology – S.K .Mangal

3. Edu tracks (December ,2012) – Suresh Chandra Sharma