Cultivating mathematical thinking through vedic pedagogy: A comparative study of traditional and modern teaching methods

Abstract

This study investigate that how Vedic Mathematics can modify mathematics education by increasing their reasoning abilities and add to their cognitive implication in learning. Vedic Mathematics provides an alternative route for problem-solving, mental arithmetic skills and the acceptance of mathematical patterns through proven sutras from Vedic culture. The study takes on a comparison-based procedure: one receiving command through normal methods and another through Vedic mathematical standard and the assessment has been done before and after the specified result obtained. The results of this study show that adding Vedic Mathematics in curriculum makes students faster in arithmetic, clearer their concepts and makes them more interested in learning by lowering their math anxiety. When it comes to computational skills, Vedic methods provide a thorough foundation for developing mathematical thinking through mental calculation. These findings have major implications for curriculum design and pedagogical approaches aimed at increasing students' mathematical literacy. Overall, this study demonstrates that combining Vedic techniques with modern pedagogy promotes a good learning environment, evolves critical thinking and provides students with foundational and advanced mathematics skills which are required in the 21st century classroom.