At Right Angles
A magazine on mathematics for schoolteachers and educators
We started At Right Angles to create material for teachers and children across the country to read about mathematics material that is not found in regular school curricula. This is the space for students and teachers to share original observations and discoveries, where beautiful results in school level mathematics can be written about and discussed.
Our intent
At Right Angles is useful for people with an interest in K‑12 mathematics education, including curriculum developers and teacher educators. The magazine addresses issues which you might face, and we hope you can benefit from learning by sharing. The articles and short pieces are written by mathematics teachers at various levels, with a view to sharing mathematical content as well as real life classroom experiences and teaching strategies.
All materials are freely available, with option to download the whole magazine. The magazine is currently produced in English and the PullOut section is translated into Hindi and Kannada.
Readers of the magazine can interact on several platforms:
- Facebook Pages
AtRiUM (for secondary and higher secondary)
Math Space (for primary and upper primary)
- Webinar — We invite authors and readers for live, online discussions on the third Wednesday of every month.
- Letters to the editor (addressed to AtRiA.editor@apu.edu.in)
- Our Telegram channel https://t.me/APUAtRightAngles
Magazine sections
- Features: Articles in pure and applied mathematics. These range from applications in areas like science, technology, and medicine to biographies, stories and current events in mathematics.
- ClassRoom: A section that includes the sharing of teaching experience at all levels, with illustrated pedagogical strategies, tips for teachers as well as ideas for assessment.
- TechSpace: Dedicated to computational algebra, dynamic geometry, spreadsheets and software in general, and how it can be used in the mathematics classroom.
- Student Corner: Featuring submissions by students of all age.
- Problem Corner: A section that features problem solving and problem posing.
- Review: Reviews of books, websites, documentaries and films about mathematics, apps used to teach math (freeware mainly), math manipulatives, and board games.
- PullOut: Meant mainly for teachers at the primary and upper primary level, dealing with teaching strategies, activities for teaching difficult concepts, and tips for classroom teaching.
Recent Webinar | Low Floor, High Ceiling
Teachers Malathy S and Sai Karthiga talk to Swati Sircar and Sneha Titus about the difficulties of running activities in the classroom and in the process, uncover a pedagogical strategy perfectly suited for differentiated teaching. Gently bring students into a classroom where the floor is low and the sky is the limit with a Low Floor, High Ceiling activity.
Read the article here.
Webinar based on the article:
We would love to hear from you
If you are a practicing school mathematics teacher, teacher educator, or a researcher with an interest in the teaching and learning of school mathematics, we would love to hear from you.
To read individual articles
You can read individual articles from each issue here
To access articles in Hindi and Kannada visit our repository https://anuvadasampada.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/
Write for us
To write for us, please send a brief overview (of less than 100 words) of your pitch in English, Hindi or Kannada to <AtRiA.editor@apu.edu.in>.
Download our latest issue now
Our previous issues are available for read/download.
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At Right Angles Issue 18, March 2024
Explore the Point of Mathematics and send in your feedback to AtRightAngles.editor@apu.edu.in.
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At Right Angles Issue 17, Nov 2023
Reading between the Lines: How does a mathematician do that?
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At Right Angles Issue 16, July 2023
Truth and Math: The July 2023 issue is as good as its cover!
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At Right Angles Issue 15, March 2023
Mathematical Loops: The March 2023 issue of AtRiA takes on a (S)trip with a Twist! Enjoy the journey!
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At Right Angles Issue 14, November 2022
Construction of a Tunnel through a Mountain- a broad theme for the power of mathematics to help you solve daily life problems.
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At Right Angles Issue 13, July 2022
The Lens of Computational Thinking teaches us to look at the same things with fresh eyes, the July 2022 issue invites you to do just that!
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At Right Angles Issue 12, March 2022
The Lens of Computational Thinking teaches us to look at the same things with fresh eyes, the July 2022 issue invites you to do just that!
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At Right Angles Issue 11, November 2021
At Right Angles, pen, paper and armchair – what more do you need for these rainy days? The November 2021 issue will keep you absorbed for days. Keep reading!
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At Right Angles Issue 10, July 2021
Perch on the branches of the Tremendous Tree of mathematics and enjoy your read. At Right Angles July 2021 is packed with a variety of articles and the online version has several absorbing additional articles.
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At Right Angles Issue 9, March 2021
Isn’t mathematics simply divine? Not an unexpected line from the At Right Angles team but one that we will back up with our Features article from the March 2021 issue: Geometric Constructions from the Sulvasutras. It’s an incisive dive from there to the Utilitarian Math…
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At Right Angles Issue 8, November 2020
Beyond Four Walls — Contain a mathematician in a room and you can be sure that some thinking on quadrilaterals will happen! Our second issue during the pandemic has much to keep you absorbed and happily engaged with problems- of the mathematical kind. From age…
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At Right Angles Issue 7, July 2020
As the world goes through lock down and social distancing, it is easy to feel less and less a part of the whole and more and more a small, isolated part. But that does not make us or anybody else, any less a part of…
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At Right Angles Issue 6, March 2020
Vision 2020 – As we move into the 9th year of AtRiA’s existence, we refocus for clarity. The March 2020 issue talks about Breaking Down Barriers: A Mathematical Approach. Launch right into the how and what with B. Sury’s article on Tiresome Paths, Water Gates…
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At Right Angles Issue 5, November 2019
AtRiA, November 2019 focuses on journeys ‑some are enjoyable, some tiresome, some endless. A mathematician’s journey is full of unexpected delight, simply because of unexpected detours, sudden discoveries and interesting alternatives. Have fun as you travel with us. Read all about the young Yatris and…
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At Right Angles Issue 4, July 2019
The July 2019 issue features Fractals on the cover — those distant and beautiful and highly mathematical creations have been brought a click away in our TechSpace section. Enjoy creating them and adding to your repertoire. We also take you through the magical tour of…
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At Right Angles Issue 3, March 2019
The March 2019 issue is packed with articles for students, teachers and teacher educators of all classes. Striking results are not just reported, they are also explained and justified with proofs. And our sources vary from students to observations from colleagues in mathematics classrooms and…
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At Right Angles | November 2018
Volume 7 Issue 3: The November issue has beaten the nay-sayers at their own game with articles that celebrate the joy of doing mathematics through games, stories, applications of mathematics and activities on line and in the classroom.
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At Right Angles | July 2018
Volume 7 Issue 2: And it’s out! Most of you would have already received your copy of the July issue of At Right Angles, here’s the official announcement and the link with the welcome news that AtRiA is finally a whole school math resource! The…
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At Right Angles | March 2018
Volume 7 Issue 1: This issue of AtRiA welcomes you to the Math Village. Where house numbers, rangoli patterns, piles of fruit and even a child’s amusement device speaks to the instictive mathematician in each of us. Read about these in Triangular Numbers in Features…
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At Right Angles | November 2017
Volume 6 Issue 3: The word ‘heuristics’ has always left me fumbling for the perfect definition. Rule of thumb seems adequate but too informal, as a teacher trainer, I’ve always preferred to illustrate rather than define this word. And the first article in the November…
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At Right Angles | August 2017
Volume 6 Issue 2: It is a pleasure to share with you, our readers, the collection of articles in this, the July 2017 issue. The (un)popular view of mathematics being a terrifying subject takes a completely new twist with the first article in which a…
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At Right Angles | March 2017
Volume 6 Issue 1: The Art of the Matter — can a picture be a powerful pedagogical tool? At Right Angles believes it can, and if you read the write up on the facing page, I’m sure you will agree with us. Going to the…
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At Right Angles | November 2016
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At Right Angles | November 2015
Volume 4 Issue 3: Two themes dominate this issue of AtRiA: Archimedes & Magic Squares — an unlikely combination! Both are exceedingly rich topics to write about, with histories that go far back in time. Who can’t be both charmed and thrilled by the story…
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At Right Angles | July 2015
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At Right Angles | March 2015
Volume 4 Issue 1: The lead feature in the March 2015 issue of AtRiA is based on the theme Proof Without Words. In the Review section, Mark Kleiner discusses Edward Frenkel’s Love and Math — the Heart of Hidden Reality. Thomas Lingefjard, in his article…
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