Reflections on Session 2

Today I learnt that there are 5 elements in developing problem solving and thinking skills.

1. Generalization (looking for patterns, relationships and connections)
2. Visualization 
3. Communication (reasoning, justification, representation )
4. Number sense
5. Metacognition

Upon reflection on these 5 elements, I do agree that these 5 are important components that help a student understand the problem and work out a solution justifying the rationale behind it. When a student has accomplished or achieved these 5 elements, will they be able to master their problem solving and thinking skills.


Lesson 6 was very interesting as we learnt about probability and decide which were the bad numbers that would make us lose. We decided that the bad numbers were multiples of 3. 

Lesson 7 was my favourite as we tried to make the largest even number as Dr Yeap called out each number that was on the spinner. This is a very fun and interesting way of teaching the children the concept of largest even number.