Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2009 T.T.C Elementary Teacher Education Course Certificate in Teaching of Priy School Mathematics - Question Paper

CERTIFICATE exam –
JANUARY 2009.
Certificate in Teaching of Primary School
Mathematics
TEACHING OF PRIMARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS
Time : three hours Maximum marks : 100
part A — (5 ´ four = 20 marks)
All ques. are Compulsory.

1. How would you evaluate your children have
achieved the ability to measure length? Mention any
four ways for evaluating this activity.

2. What low cost teaching aid will you use to teach
measurement of volume? discuss it in detail.

3. List 4 examples to differentiate the adult’s and
child’s way of thinking.

4. How do you help children to understand the use of
brackets? Plan a few class activities for this.

5. Write 2 games to teach children the mathematical
concept multiplication.

part B — (8 ´ five = 40 marks)
ans any 8 of the subsequent ques..

6. How can a mathematical concept be developed from
particular to general? explain the merits and demerits
of this concept development.

7. Write down 5 activities to help children to
understand the concept of borrowing.

8. Suggest and discuss an activity to help a child to get
the idea of 1/5.

9. How will you introduce addition of fractions? List
any 2 experiences planned by you for this
introduction.

10. How can you help the children to understand the
term quotient and remainded?

11. Write the different kinds of word issue related to
subtraction.

12. Write down the steps involved in verbal issues.

13. How can you differentiate the concept of quantity and
capacity?

14. What activity can you think for a child to measure
one metre length without using a metre scale?

15. provide an example for helping a child to understand
the algorithm for division.

part C — (4 ´ 10 = 40 marks)
ans any 4 ques..

16. How can you introduce negative numbers to children
in the class? Plan for 5 various situations where you
can introduce negative number.

17. Plan and discuss a activity to help children to obtain
2/3 ´ 3/4.

18. Devise a game to help children to understand
multiplication and division of decimal numbers.

19. provide 2 various exercises that can be provided to
group of children to understand decimal notation.

20. How would you use paper folding activities to
discuss a child that : one / 1/2 = two and 1/2 / 1/3 = 3/2 ?


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