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Online Course on Proportions and Percentages for Teachers and Educators by TISS [Free of Cost]: Register Now!

Priyanka Barik

Jul 29, 2024
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Registrations are invited for Online Course on Proportions and Percentages for Teachers and Educators by TISS. The course is free of cost.

About TISS

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), established in 1936, is India’s premier University for applied social science research and education. The Institute is a deemed university and is fully funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India. The TISS offers a range of professional programs and research degrees at its Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati, and Hyderabad campuses.

Course Details

Proportional reasoning is one of the crucial mathematical ideas students develop over the school years. It is a good indicator of learners’ understanding of the relationship between two quantities through one to one correspondence at primary level. At middle and secondary level the understanding of proportional reasoning integrates understanding of rational numbers and related multiplicative concepts, and at the same time, it lays the foundation for more complex concepts of mathematics.

Percentage expressed as notations for proportions are special as they allow conversion of comparison of quantities in any situation in terms of parts within 100 (“cent” in percent stands for 100). Since it becomes easier to compare quantities using 100 as a landmark, percentages have proved to be quite useful in many mathematical citations including situations related to commercial mathematics involving dividend, discounts and budgets etc.

In this course, you will explore part-whole (continuous quantity and discrete quantity), equivalent fractions, proportions, decimal, and percentage and relationships amongst the concepts related proportions. It examines case studies of student thinking, their understanding, misconceptions and explores resources to address the concepts.