This document discusses the functions and organization of a mathematics club. It provides details about the club's aims, suggested activities, and duties of office bearers. Specifically, it notes that a mathematics club aims to develop students' interest and skills in mathematics through informal learning opportunities. It lists activities like competitions, lectures, celebrations and discussions. The club is to be organized by a patron, sponsor, executive committee of elected students including a chairman, secretary, treasurer and class representatives. The duties of office bearers include convening meetings, maintaining records, collecting fees, and providing support.

1. ONLINE ASSIGNMENT

2. KTCT COLLEGE OF TEACHER
EDUCATION
THOTTAKKADU P O, KALLAMBALAM, TRIVANDRUM
2013-2014
Submitted by
Name : Salina. S
Reg No: 13369004
Optional : Mathamatics

3. MATHAMATICS CLUB
Submitted to
Jeena. M. S
Asst.Prof. Mathamatics

4. CONTENT OVERVIEW
This assignment includes
 Functions of the Mathematics club
 Aims of mathematics club
 Suggested Activities of Mathematics club
 Organization of Mathematics club
 Duties of Office - Bearers

5. In the present curriculum only limited opportunities are
available to the students for self expression, independent thinking,
constructive activities and other projects. Mathematics club plays
an important role in motivating the students to learn mathematics
with interest and involvement. Sometimes mathematics teaching
in classrooms becomes so monotonous that the students became
restless and get easily distracted. Mathematics club provides
excellent opportunities for students to break away from the
monotony of rigid and structured classroom environment. Through
the learning that take place in a mathematics club is informal in
nature. An organization which caters for the inculcation of heuristic
attitude, genuine interested in the scientific activities supplements
that work of classroom and puts the syllabus on a practical bias be
named as mathematics club . In mathematics club the student
chooses the activities on his own, and purpose them in a free and
related manner contrary to the atmosphere prevailing in a
classroom.

6. FUNCTIONS OF THE MATHEMATICS CLUB
The functions of the mathematics club can be summarized as under;
 Mathematics club helps in the proper utilization of leisure
time.
 It helps in arousing and maintaining student’s interest in
Mathematics.
 It provides the students with opportunities to develop their
Explorative, creative and inventive faculties.
 It indicates the habit of self study and in depended work
among the students.
 It offers an ideal avenue for a free exchange of mathematical
ideas and for frank and helpful criticism of these ideas.
 It provides an informal and a social atmosphere which the
classroom can handily provide.
 It offers excellent opportunities for free consideration of
Matters of special interest to the members without the
necessity of following any particular sequence as required in a
classroom.
 It helps in developing heuristic and problem-solving attitude

7. among the student.
 It provides opportunities for students to translate the theory
in to practice and to apply their learning in daily life
situations.
 It helps the student to imbibe social qualities like cooperation,
tolerance, adjustment and open-mindedness, as they work in
groups.
 It helps to meet individual needs of the students as every
 Member gets an opportunity to work in his areas of interest.
Club activities provide firsthand experience to the learners as
they participate in model making, arranging for exhibition,
field work, and laboratory work and so on.
AIMS OF MATHEMATICS CLUS:
 To keep in touch all the students with day to day inventions in
the field of mathematics.
 To develop interest of students for learning mathematics.
 To develop co-operative spirit in group learning.
 To develop inventive explorative and creative faculties of the
child.
 To provide opportunities to use the leisure time more

8. effectively.
 It gives the students basic training in organizing debate, quiz
contests exhibition, mathematics fairs.
 To develop critical thinking and logical reasoning powers
among the students.
 To make students mathematics minded.
 To collaborate with mathematics clubs of other school.
 To inculcate feeling of discovery and development.
 To make the students perfect in scientific jobs and developing
their self-confidence.
 To provide opportunity to learn great mathematicians and
their Contribution.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FOR A MATHEMATICS
CLUB
 Organising inter-class, inter-school competitions on some
interesting mathematical topics.
 Arranging lectures of the renowned mathematics teacher or
scholar.
 Celebrating clays and events related to great mathematics.

9.  Organising discussions about the practical applications of
mathematics.
 Arranging radio and Television programmes to the pupils.
 Organising mathematics library.
 Organising recreational activities in mathematics such as a
puzzles, riddles, catch-problems, number games etc.
 Making charts, models, pictures, graphs etc for the
mathematics laboratory.
 Conducting related project activities.
 Organizing mathematical exhibitions or fair.
 Preparing items for wall magazine.
 Organising paper reaching contests about certain important
topic of mathematics.
 Organising seminars and career courses relating to
mathematics.
 Arranging guidance programme for the needy and weak
students.

10. Organisation of Mathematics Club
A properly organized mathematics club will be a
valuable aid to teaching mathematics and also a means of
motivating the children for learning mathematics. For proper
running of a club the most important thing is the preparation of
a draft constitution of the club. This draft be prepared by the
mathematics teacher in consultation with the head of the
institution. This draft constitution should provide all important
details about the club like the lake of the club, aims and
objectives of the club, details regarding membership and the fees
to be paid by members etc.
The following office-bearers are essential for the successful
working of the mathematics club.
Patron : The mathematics club should have the need of the
institution as its patron.
Sponsor : One of the senior mathematics teachers can be
the sponsor of the mathematics club.
Members : All the mathematics students of the school can be
members of the club.
Executive : An executive committee should be formed includ-
Committee ing the following members elected or nominated
from among the students.

11.  Chairman
 Secretary
 Assistant Secretary
 Treasurer
 One or two class representatives from each class.
Duties of the Office-Bearers.
For the efficient and successful working of the mathematics
club, it is advisable to demarcate the duties of each office-bearer.
Patron : The patron of the club takes a keen interest in all
the activities of the club. He or she is responsible
for providing all possible facilities to the club.
Sponsor : The sponsor takes initiative to start the
Mathematics club and motivates the students to
plan and carry out a number of activities. His
role is that of a guide an advisor, a supervisor and
a facilitator.
Chairman of : The chairman has to convene and preside over
the Executive executive committee meetings
Committee
Members of : Members of the executive committee have to exte-the
Executive nd their full co-operation in planning and
Committee carrying out the programmes of the mathematics
club.

12. Secretary : The secretary calls for executive committee
meetings in consultation with the chairman and
in accordance with the provisions of the
constitution. He is required to maintain a proper
record of the various activities of the club and the
minutes of the executive committee meetings.
Assistant : The role of the assistant secretary is to assist
Secretary the secretary in his duties and in the absence of
the secretary. Performs the role of the secretary.
Treasurer : The treasurer is responsible for collecting
membership fees and maintaining the correct
account of the income and expenditure.
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13. REFERENCES
 Teaching of Mathematics ……>Dr.Anice James
[Page No: 269-273]
 Mathematics Education methods & Techniques Zubair. P.P
[Page No: 197-200)
Verified by
Jeena M S
Assistant Professor in Mathematics