<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+May 9 2008, 07:04 AM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ May 9 2008, 07:04 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Can anyone who has had studied in the vernacular in India tell me if they used the right names when teaching maths, like Pingala Triangle instead of Pascal's Triangle etc.
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BhV, I don't know about other boards, but UP board teaches the mathematical terms in accordance to Indic names. (at least they used to do when I studied. probably they still do). The series, theorems, etc are given Indic names like bodhAyana-prameya for Pythagorean Theorem, srIdharAchArya-samIkaraNa for quadratic equation etc. Terms especially in calculus, algebra and statistics, were skt-based hindi, and very easy to relate to. Learning maths in Hindi was very effective, and I think same should be true for other vernaculars too. Trouble comes when student prepares for JEE etc. in JEE, hindi paper used to be so difficult to even understand the questions. This is more so for physics and chemistry.
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BhV, I don't know about other boards, but UP board teaches the mathematical terms in accordance to Indic names. (at least they used to do when I studied. probably they still do). The series, theorems, etc are given Indic names like bodhAyana-prameya for Pythagorean Theorem, srIdharAchArya-samIkaraNa for quadratic equation etc. Terms especially in calculus, algebra and statistics, were skt-based hindi, and very easy to relate to. Learning maths in Hindi was very effective, and I think same should be true for other vernaculars too. Trouble comes when student prepares for JEE etc. in JEE, hindi paper used to be so difficult to even understand the questions. This is more so for physics and chemistry.