Vedic Mathematics for Schools: Book 1

Product Description Vedic Mathematics For Schools Offers A Fresh And Easy Approach To Learning Mathematics. The System Was Reconstructed From Ancient Vedic Sources By The Late Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Earlier This Century And Is Based On A Small Collection Of Sutras. Each Sutra Briefly Encapsulates A Rule Of Mental Working, A Principle Or Guiding Maxim. Through Simple Practice Of These Methods All May Become Adept And Efficient At Mathematics. Book 1 Of The Series Is Intended For Primary Schools In Which Many Of The Fundamental Concepts Of Mathematics Are Introduced. It Has Been Written From The Classroom Experience Of Teaching Vedic Mathematics To Eight And Nine YearsOld. At This Age, A Few Of The Vedic Methods Are Used, The Rest Being Introduced At A Later Stage. Review The Examples And Exercises Have Been Arranged With Care And The Grading Of The Latter Shows Every Evidence Of The Same Pedagogic Thoroughness. ...For This Reason, If No Other, The Book Deserves To Serve As A Model For Text Books At This Level, In Use In This Country. A.K. Vijayakumar, The Hindu, February 27, 1996J.T. Glover Deserves All Appreciation For Designing The Lessons In Such A Way That The Students Of The Class Can Closely Correlate With The Regular Formal Lessons In The Classroom And Obtain Brain Storming Exercises In Mathematics. S.V.U. Oriental Journal, Vol. Xliiias Against Attempts By Earlier Writers, The Presentation, The Illustrations And The Exercises Are All Executed Very Well. The Text Is Interspersed With Some Geometrical Constructions And Graphs Presumably To Answer The Requirements Of The System. BhavanS Journal, Vol. 46, No. 14, February. 2000 About The Author James T. Glover Is Head Of Mathematics At St. James Independent School In London. He Is Director Of Mathematical Studies At The School Of Economic Science And A Fellow Of The Institute Of Mathematics And Its Applications. He Has Been Researching Vedic Mathematics And Its Use In Education For More Than Twenty Years And Has Run Public Courses In London On The Subject. Other Books By The Author Are An Introductory Course In Vedic Mathematics, Vedic Mathematics For Schools, Books 1 And Foundation Mathematics, Books 1, 2 And 3.