Mathematics Club

Grades 4 – 6

RATIONALE

The Sociedad Matematica Elementaria de Ateneo is a co-curricular organization formed to reinforce the objectives of the Mathematics curriculum in the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Grade School. The organization aims to further develop and improve the knowledge and skills of students who are inclined to Mathematics and explore with them. This organization also caters to students who are gifted with logical, mathematical and communication skills and abilities, as stipulated in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Moreover, this organization brings into the limelight the recent trends in computer technology as the former helps the students see the interrelationship and close links between Mathematics and the technology.

With the ardent desire to make mathematics more interesting and significant in a learner’s life, the organization also introduces and develops activities that will help the learners see the relationship of Mathematics to the real world. It will provide learners with activities such as games, puzzles, discussion, film viewing, experiments and investigations.

As stipulated in the Vision – Mission of the school, the organization’s endeavor also includes, most of all, the sharing of God – given talents, knowledge and skills with the slow learners of the Grade School. It also hopes that sooner it will move out of Ateneo and adopt a community of less fortunate kids who need education yet deprived of the opportunity. As the process of sharing ripples, the learners will also develop in them skills and self-confidence needed for a life of dedicated service and the challenges in the real world.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION

The organization aims to:

1. develop logical and mathematical skills basic to their age;

2. increase ability for reason logically and critically;

3. share the knowledge and skills with slow learners through the Remedial Program;

4. relate Mathematics to computer technology and the real world;

5. put up an exhibit of the organization’s output on Euler’s Day

6. develop a plan on how to improve Mathematics education in the Grade School.