Ganit Kreeda

Ganit Kreeda is an online course designed to inculcate mathematical thinking in a fun way.

About

Ganit Kreeda is an online course designed to inculcate mathematical thinking in a fun and engaging way. The objective is to make students enjoy mathematics through logical puzzles and games. Apart from Mathematics, students will learn through collaboration and interaction with peer groups thus valuing the journey of arriving at the answer rather than just getting the answer. In Ganit Kreeda, children will be actively engaged in learning mathematics by doing, observing, investigating, reasoning, discussing and reflecting. Ganit Kreeda aims to remove the fear of failure and build confidence to experiment in mathematics.

Goals:

Develop curiosity and love for mathematics.
Develop a mathematical mindset.
Help students articulate their thoughts and ideas clearly.
Encourage learning through a spirit of inquiry.

Course Highlights:

Generalizing problems to identify patterns.
Inculcating a systematic way of thinking.
Encouraging multiple approaches to problem-solving.
Collaborative learning through discussions and teamwork.
Using logical reasoning and visual proofs to deepen understanding.
Engaging students with puzzles and games to build problem-solving skills.

Indicative Topics:

Number Sense, Special Numbers and Sequences.
Logical Thinking and Deductive Reasoning.
Shapes and Spatial Understanding.
Factors, Multiples, Divisibility and Primes.
Introduction to Variables and Algebraic Thinking.
Visual Proofs and Pattern Recognition.
Puzzles and Mathematical Games.

Age Group: Students of grades 2 to 7

Duration: Year-long course from April to March. 90 minutes sessions per week.

Pedagogy: Peer-to-peer interaction using hands-on puzzles, games and activities.

Batch size: About 15 students per batch

Peek into Ganit Kreeda: To get an idea about the variety of problems that are discussed in the course, take a look at the below articles which are solutions by students of Ganit Kreeda published on the website of NRICH by University of Cambridge.