東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking 1b: 9/30 board notes & math education in India・9月30日のボードノート・インドの数学の教育

Hello!

How are you? Today I have two (2) things for you - first, the board notes for our class on 9/30 above that finished the textbook unit about aquaculture.

Activity
Next, I have a link to a YouTube video which you can access here about our new theme on time on task - with an example from education about how math multiplication tables (九九) are taught in India. 

(If you have any trouble seeing the video clip, go to YouTube and input the title "How math is taught in India," or paste in this URL: https://youtu.be/EIYPGfcCab0)

Watch it more than once. What do you think of it? Is this anything like how any of you learned multiplication tables? 

Today we will begin looking at how long it takes to develop skills in things. We will look at many examples from education, and even sports. I hope you find this interesting. 

See you next time!

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東京理科大学 Writing & Composition 1b: Math education in India・数学教育

Hello!

How are you? The picture at the top is a hexadecimal multiplication table. It is one of many ways that multiplication (九九) is taught in schools in a number of countries. 

But before we start, here are the board notes for our first class in the Writing & Composition 1b for 9/16: 

Now let's begin our first new theme for the new semester!

Activity/homework
Look at the video below. It's an elementary school math teacher in India showing patterns that children follow there to learn multiplication tables. It's in Hindi (ヒンデュ語), but you can follow the patterns if you look carefully. 

While as science and technology majors you may know and/or understand these patterns already, how would you compare the teacher's method with how you learned multiplication tables in school? 

(If you have any trouble seeing this video clip, go to this link here, or look on YouTube for "How math is taught in India," or paste in this URL: https://youtu.be/EIYPGfcCab0)

What do you think of this method? 

Have fun talking about this! 

See you next class!

Image: Screenshot of image originally created by Me, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1983907

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Uploaded for classroom use only. 

電気通信大学 ASE II・東京理科大学 A英1: Math education in India・インドの数学教育

Hello!

How are you? The picture at the top is a hexadecimal multiplication table. It is one of many ways that multiplication (九九) is taught in schools in a number of countries. 

Activity/homework
Look at the video below. It's an elementary school math teacher in India showing patterns that children follow there to learn multiplication tables. It's in Hindi (ヒンデュ語), but you can follow the patterns if you look carefully. 

While as applied science and technology majors you may know and/or understand these patterns already, how would you compare the teacher's method with how you learned multiplication tables in school? 

(If you have any trouble seeing this video clip, go to this link here, or look on YouTube for "How math is taught in India," or paste in this URL: https://youtu.be/EIYPGfcCab0)

What do you think of this method? 

Have fun talking about this! 

See you next class!

Image: Screenshot of image originally created by Me, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1983907

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Uploaded for classroom use only. 

東京理科大学 A英3: Scientists, mathematicians, & engineers・科学者、数学者、工学者

Hello! 

How are you? Today, let's look at some famous scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. Some you will know well, while others you may not know. Let's take a look!

Activity

Look at the pictures below. Do you know any of the people in them? Even more - do you know what their greatest achievements were? 

Talk about these people, as much as you know about them, with your classmates. When you're finished, write a little about what you know and talked about. Let's start!

Steve Wozniak

Thomas Edison

Yoshiro Nakamatsu (Dr. NakaMats)

Paul Erdos

Michael Faraday

Tim Berners-Lee

Have fun with these!  See you next time!

Images: Top - By NASA - Original. Source (StarChild Learning Center). Directory listing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1657641/Steve Wozniak - By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63344547/Thomas Edison - By Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3c05139. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6582301/Yoshiro Nakamatsu - By Ushuaia.pl - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10358481/Paul Erdos - By Topsy Kretts - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2874719/Michael Faraday - By Thomas Phillips - Thomas Phillips, 1842, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=463384/Tim Berners-Lee - By Paul Clarke - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53878695

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