A: Lesson 1 Reflection: TRICKY TRICKS

   During the first lesson, we were given the opportunity to problem solve using cards. Interesting! Very Interesting and FUN!!  Children used to memorize o.n..e.. as 1, t..w..o..as 2..Ooops not anymore. This game will get the children to spell, and play with cards with TRICKS.Our group did trial and error arranging the cards and ensure that as we spell o..n..e...the card card with '1' MUST appear right after and nothing else.Too many trials and too many errors!! That is how problem solving in Mathematics should be.We will learn better when we make mistakes.Allow our children to make mistakes during Problem Solving, only then they are learning 'What NEVER GIVE UP!' is all about. Isn't that GREAT, Maths teach you such good values like PERSEVERANCE!!
   
   I began to realize that in Mathematics, there are methods called heuristic which need us to guess and check through trial and error, in trying to find the principle of the whole thing, we are actually generalizing it. When we are acting it out as an idea, we are actually making or testing a conjecture. These are the examples of thinking skills in problem solving.

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