ONLINE ASSIGNMENT

1. MATHEMATICS CLUB AND
LIBRARY
ONLINE ASSIGNMENT
CREATED BY
AJEESH AJ

2. MATHEMATICS CLUBS
Math clubs offer many opportunities for students to extend
their involvement with the Mathematics Pentathlon program beyond classroom
instructional time. When such clubs are organized, they offer students additional time to
explore the intricacies of the games and develop sound strategies.
Club formats vary greatly. Usually offered from 40 to 90 minutes either before or after
school or on Saturday mornings, they often are conducted by teachers, parents and/or
community leaders. Successful clubs have coaches who are properly trained by
attending a formal workshop and/or any of the numerous Mathematics Pentathlon
Orientation Sessions . Materials may be purchased 1) by the schools, 2) with PTA/PTO
appropriated funds, 3) from grant monies, and/or 4) by club fees
from students.
Regardless of whether the Mathematics Pentathlon program is
incorporated into classroom instruction or is offered exclusively in a
math club, ideally, a combination of both, it is most effective when
students are organized into cooperative groups of four. The linked
use of the games along with the instructional activities found in
Adventures in Problem-Solving Activity Books I & II as well as Investigation Exercises
Books I & II improves students' abilities to: communicate their ideas effectively; critically

3. listen to others' ideas; offer creative and varied alternatives to problem situations; and
develop critical problem-solving characteristics of flexibility, persistence and
inventiveness. While playing these games each think-tank team openly discusses
various options and strategies so that all group members can hear. This technique
enables all students to mature in their understanding of the many variables associated
with successfully completing a game. Heterogeneous grouping is suggested so that
students of varying abilities or learning styles assist each other with their different
perspectives of the game's characteristics. Speed is not the issue in the Mathematics
Pentathlon games. Students should be encouraged to look at alternative responses to a
game situation and to select a reasoned option. Although knowledge of basic facts is
important to some of the Mathematics Pentathlon games, it is the strategic use of that
knowledge that is most essential.
While using the Mathematics Pentathlon games, teachers
and/or parents are encouraged to move from group to group
and ask students questions about the choices they have
made. By doing so teachers/parents slow down the impulsive
tendencies of students which helps them to become more
reflective. To create an environment of constructive competition teachers/parents ask
opposing team members to shake hands and wish each other good luck when
beginning a game. Likewise, at the end of each game, opposing team members are
again encouraged to shake hands to demonstrate their appreciation for each team's
efforts in "giving it their best shot." Since the games deal with a wide range of
mathematical thought including spatial/geometric, arithmetic/computational and
logical/scientific reasoning, the games are ideal for a wide range of abilities and learning
styles. All students should be provided with opportunities to experience the Mathematics
Pentathlon games and encouraged to develop their problem-solving and strategic
thinking abilities. t their individual classroom needs.

4. Mathematical Library
Mathematical Library, is for books that will
spark students' interests in modern mathematics and increase their appreciation for
research. Books published in the series emphasize original topics and approaches. The
step from mathematical coursework to mathematical research is one of the most
important developments in a mathematician's career. To make the transition
successfully, the student must be motivated and interested in doing mathematics rather
than merely learning it.

5. Now the mathematics library are modernized. By the introduction of Internet
now mathematics library are computerized. There are various types of mathematical
library. In western countries it totally computerized. But in India the are certain places
were book are kept. One of indias famous mathematician library are” The IIT Delhi
Library”. Also there is Electronic Lirary Of mathematics. It is the longest-running and
largest open access repository in mathematics. The Electronic Library of Mathematics
contains online journals, article collections, monographs, and other electronic resources
in the field of mathematics. All material is in electronic form and access is generally free,
except for some periodicals with a "moving wall", i.e., a certain delay period after which
resources become freely available.Some requirements have to be fullfilled for a journal
or proceedings volume to be included in the Electronic Library.

6. Conclusion
Mathematics is an intrinsic part of the problem-solving,
investigation, testing, design and analysis work. It makes it possible to develop
a comprehensive data-base of information in a cost-effective way. It enables us to draw
value from the data through exploration of the patterns in it, and estimation of the
confidence that might reasonably be put in the inferences drawn. A fascinating aspect of
the application of mathematics in industry is that, in the practical environment, no
particular solution ever seems directly applicable. Rather, the principles of past findings
must be understood as a basis for drawing out further solutions, thereby enhancing and
developing new theory to fit the real world. Researchers and graduate practitioners,
having a very strong understanding of the principles behind the known theory and the
basis on which it has been developed, are needed to be able to extend and apply that
theory appropriately in the practical environment.
By the use of mathematics club and library we can see
and learn more about the mathematics and it will help to learn easily