T.I.M.E. offers a course for students of 7^th, 8th, 9th,and 10^th classes called IIT-FOUNDATION programme. The course covers the areas of Maths,Physics and Chemistry. We also offer reasoning as a part of the course for 7^th, 8th and 9^th classes. Our course and tests are designed in a way that inculcates the habit of application of concepts thereby paving way for effective learning.

• Objectives of our IIT-Foundation Course
• Course Material
• Course Methodology
• Class Room Based Inputs
• Feedback Mechanism and Doubt Sessions

• The objective of this course is to make the students understand and master basic concepts in the subjects of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

• The focus will be on encouraging students to apply the concepts learnt to real-life situations. The programme will encourage school goers to look beyond textbooks for learning.

• The IIT-Foundation programme will not only help children understand better what is taught in regular school classes, and hence do well in board exams but will also help them develop the acumen which will give them a distinctive edge over the rest of their peers.

• The programme also grooms children by providing inputs on Reasoning skills, Speed Maths, and Communication Skills.

• The programme helps children prepare for various talent search exams like NTSE, NLSTSE, Science Olympiad, Cyber Olympiad.

Course Material:

• For each class we provide the following books

  • 3 Study Material Booklets and 3 Work Books in Mathematics

  • 2 Study Material Booklets and 2 Work Books in Physics

  • 2 Study Material Booklets and 2 Work Books in Chemistry

• For each chapter a test is conducted. The testing module will consists of about 25 test papers.

• For each of 7^th, 8^th and 9^th classes, a reasoning booklet will be provided. Apart from the booklet about 10 handouts based on different areas will be given.

Course Methodology:

1. Course methodology is aimed at helping the students understand the concepts thoroughly.

2. It helps them develop a logical approach to Maths, Physics and Chemistry, for more effective learning.

3. It lays stress on application of concepts. What we mean by this could be demonstrated through some examples –

i. How a does a kingfisher catch fish?

A) The kingfisher flies vertically over the position of the fish, and then dives into the water at a 90 Degree angle. The concept here is that the normally incident rays do not undergo refraction, hence the fish lies exactly where it appears to be. At any other angle, the apparent location of the fish would be different from its real location.

ii. Why do we normally swing our arms while walking, and why not when we carry a load in our hands?

A) The center of gravity of a body depends on the distribution of mass in the body. As we walk, the movement of the legs tends to cause a shift in the centre of gravity. To compensate for this shift we swing our arms. When we are carrying a load in the hands, however, the effective C.G is lower, making it easier to maintain balance.

iii. Why does salt become damp when kept exposed during the rainy season and not when kept exposed during summer?

A) In the rainy season humidity in the atmosphere is very high i.e. there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. Thus, calcium chloride, an impurity present in the common salt, absorbs this moisture and makes the salt damp. In summer, however, as the temperature is high, calcium chloride tends to lose moisture through the process of evaporation, and the salt is left free-flowing.

4. The syllabus has a comprehensive coverage of Maths, Physics and Chemistry encompassing the syllabi of the major boards (State, CBSE and ICSE). All areas will be covered in full, and not the areas of intersection alone. The whole idea is that a State Board student should be able to answer a CBSE question and vice-versa.

Class Room Based Inputs:

Each topic is dealt with in three modules

• Basic Module

• Exercise Module

• Testing Module

Basic Module

This module comprises of interactive sessions in which the different concepts of the relevant topics will be discussed. The lessons in this module will be taught using the Study Material (SM) booklet. In this booklet, the entire basics required for a chapter are covered first, followed by the exercises. The exercises are designed to reinforce concepts taught in class as well as prepare students for their school exams. Exhaustive doubt clearing support is provided. The questions in the SMs will be of the Descriptive type (in Maths, Physics and Chemistry) and of the Objective type (in Maths).

Descriptive Type of Questions

These are questions requiring very short answers, short answers and essay-type answers, and are based on what is covered in the basics class. Students are expected to solve the problems in the exercises at home.

Objective Type of Questions

These include Fill in the Blanks; Match the following, True or False and Multiple choice questions. The students have to solve these questions at home after the basics class. Some of the more difficult questions will be discussed in the subsequent class.

Exercise Module

The objective of this module is to help the students understand the application of the concepts dealt with in the Basic Module. The lessons in this module will be taught using the Work Books (WB). The students should solve the questions in the exercises before they come to class and all the problems will be discussed in class. Here, too, we have descriptive- type as well as objective-type questions.

There are three levels of problems in each exercise as explained below:-

Basic Level or Level 1

The objective is to check the students’ basic understanding of the concepts. There would be descriptive-type as well as objective-type questions.

Intermediate Level or Level II

The objective is to encourage the students to apply the concepts learnt. There would be application-based descriptive-type as well as objective-type questions (to prompt curiosity and the desire to gather ideas.) Students have to try these exercises at home and these will be taken up for discussion in the subsequent class. Clues are provided for some questions, to help the students.

Advanced Level or Level III

The questions in this module will be of a higher level of difficulty. Most of the questions will be such that the students are driven to seek reasons and integrate multiple concepts.

Testing Module

The objective of this module is to test the students’ grasp of the concepts by giving them multiple choice questions. There will be 2 tests – Test 1 and Test 2 – for each topic, or for a set of topics.

TEST 1

Test 1 would consist of 15 objective-type questions and will be administered for a 30 minute duration. Questions would be provided in one paper and the responses of the students would be marked separately. The question paper would be retained by the students. The objective of this test is to know the preparedness of the children.

The test will be followed by a discussion of the paper for about 60 minutes. The purpose of the discussion is:

1. As the questions asked in Test 1 would be on the basics and application of the basics, the faculty member would recapitulate what has been taught in the basics and exercise module and thus REINFORCE the students’ grasp.

2. If students have gone wrong they will learn where they went wrong and will try to improve their performance. In the discussion we help the students find where the mistakes were committed and as the students realize this, they would be able to guard against recurrence in future.

TEST 2

1. 15 objective-type questions are administered for 30 minute duration.

2. Will test the students on aspects similar to the ones discussed in TEST 1.

The questions (or concepts) in Test 2 would be very similar to those covered in Test 1. As Test 2 is conducted after the discussion of Test 1, a student should be able to score more marks. The objective of this test is to check the attentiveness of the children in class.

Feedback Mechanism and Doubt Sessions

• Regular parent-teacher meetings

• Feedback through our IIT-Foundation website
  - Enrolment details
  - amount paid, amount due, batch code
  - Class details
  - venue, days of the week
  - Talent Search Exam
  - assistance as to which exams the student can write and the entire information about these   exams including model questions.
  - Material issued for the Batch
  - bring your ID card & collect the material from the office
  - Progress Report
  - Parents’ Discussion Forum
  - Suggestions

• Feedback from the students in the class
  - Faculty
  - Academic coordinators