alleryWhich process is neglected in school maths?
AChoral recitation of tables
BCopying from the board
CEstimation and approximation
DSilent reading of stories
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Estimation and approximation
1. The paper lists processes such as formal problem solving, heuristics, estimation and approximation, optimisation, patterns, visualisation and proof.
2. Copying, recitation and silent reading are not listed as mathematical processes.
3. It says attention to these processes marks doing mathematics rather than swallowing it.
_Source: NCERT National Focus Group Position Paper on Teaching of Mathematics, 5.1.1 Processes_
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