CCCL Hexaware: Narayana Rao
From Cmi Spark
This article is about a child at the CCCL Hexaware construction site who is being assisted/taught by the members of CMI Spark
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Profile
Basic information
- Name: Narayana Rao
- Gender: Male
- Age: 8 years (approx?)
- Mother: Manga
- Father: Lakshman
- Brother: Santosh
- Native place: Parvathipuram
- Native language: Telugu
Educational background
- Studied in: A (Telugu-medium) school at Paravathipuram (Bobbilli)
- Studied upto: Class 4 (left in the middle of Class 4 without giving his exams)
Knowledge state
Native language
In knowledge of Telugu, he seems to be somewhere around Level 2 as per this gradation. That is, he can read and write alphabets and can write words.
English
In knowledge of English he seems to be at Level 1, viz he can read/write alphabets. He also knows a few spoken words and their Telugu meanings and can write simple monosyllabic words like cat, sat, mat.
Mathematics
He has studied addition, subtraction and multiplication in school, though he may be somewhat out of touch with these. Refer to the 11th February session for more details on what he knows so far.
Desire to learn
Areas
- Telugu: Sentence construction(proceeding to Level 3)
- English: Word construction and vocabulary (proceeding to Level 2)
- Mathematics: ?
Time-slots
He is willing to learn every day.
Interaction so far
Interactions on 28th January
Ravitej interacted with Narayana Rao on 28th January, and collected the information provided above. Check out CCCL Hexaware: first interaction with kids: by Ravitej.
Interactions on 4th February
Initially, he was asked to write down numbers till 100. Then, he wrote English alphabets and few words. Later he was present for the Jayanth's session on basic English.
Interactions on 11th February
This is a first-person article (or section of an article) by vipul
From what I figured out Naraayana Rao had already done addition and subtraction in school. Although the topics were not fresh in his mind, he was definitely able to pick things up much faster than if he were freshly learning addition.
The following stuff was done with Narayana Rao:
- Numbers from 1 to 10 were listed and recited in English and Telugu (all correct)
- Narayana Rao listed numbers 11 onwards but recited them only in Telugu
- He was made to do additions (single digit numbers) by making dots and counting. He did all the additions by this procedure correctly.
- He was made to do additions (single digit numbers) using the number line. He did all the additions by this procedure correctly.
- He was made to add more than two numbers, again both by the dot-counting and the number line method. He managed to do all the additions successfully
- He was also shown examples of addition across the same type (physically partitioned): Here, I made Failed to parse (Can't write to or create math temp directory): m
objects on the left and Failed to parse (Can't write to or create math temp directory): n objects on the right and separated the two. I asked him the individual and total values.
- He was also shown examples of addition across different subtypes: Here, I made Failed to parse (Can't write to or create math temp directory): m
squares and Failed to parse (Can't write to or create math temp directory): n circles (all jumbled up) and asked him to count both subtypes and the total.
- He did a number-joining exercise for numbers from 1 to 10
- I made rectangular grids and made him do row-wise and column-wise summation
- I tested his ability to count and add money. He seemed good at it
- He was also shown how to write numbers as well as addition equations
- Finally, he did addition with words. For instance, he wrote 2 BOYS + 3 BOYS = 5 BOYS
At the end of it:
- He seemed fairly comfortable with the dot-counting and number-line algorithms for adding integers.
- There were many additions he could do in his head
Possible stuff to do next time:
- Give a bit more practice in addition and explain the basic ideas of commutativity and associativity. He probably already appreciates these things already at a subconscious level
- Play around more with the number line. Perhaps we can introduce some number line games to him
- Use the rectangular grid to introduce the concept of multiplication (I have already shown him this grid so it won't be hard)
- Construct an addition table for his use
Interaction son 25th February
This is a first-person article (or section of an article) by vipul
I continued with him from earlier (that is, from where I had left on 11th February) and also taught the other students (Satyanarayana and Shankara Rao) alongside. The things I covered were:
- Revision of counting 1-20 in English
- Revision of addition by dot-counting and number line methods
- Introduction of subtraction by dot-counting and number line methods
After doing math with me, he listened to parts of the recitations of Amar Chitra Katha comics "Hanuman to the Rescue" (by Ravitej) and "Baddhu and Chhotu" (by Bhanukiran).
