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Which of the following is a narrow aim of teaching mathematics?1. To make students proficient in handling numbers and number operations. 2. To develop students' generalization abilities 3. To encourage systematic reasoning among students.4. To develop students' ability to argue the truth and falsity of statements.

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : To make students proficient in handling numbers and number operations. 

National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005 provides a guideline with which teachers and schools can choose and plan experiences that they think children should have.

  • It seeks to reform the curriculum and to bring learning experiences in and outside the classroom.
  • According to the NCF 2005, “Developing children’s abilities for mathematization is the main goal of mathematics education.”

There are two kinds of aims in mathematics for school education such as broader and narrower aims.

Narrower aim-

  • to develop numeracy related skills
  • to develop ‘useful’ capabilities particularly those relating to numeracy- numbers, number operations, measurements, decimals and percentages

Broader aim-

  • Problem- solving
  • Use of heuristics
  • Estimation and approximation
  • Optimisation
  • Use of patterns
  • Visualization
  • Representation
  • Reasoning and proof
  • Making connections
  • Mathematical communication

Hence, we conclude that to make students proficient in handling numbers and number operations is one of the narrow aims of NCF.


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