Subject: Creativity

Posted by Richard Turnock on 10/10/2010
In Reply To:Creativity Posted by Dexter Chapin on 10/10/2010

Message:

Imagine a conversation with a student.

Adult: “How do you know if your answer to a math problem is correct?”

Student: “The teacher checks the ones that are wrong and I have to do them again.”

Alternative answer:

Student: “After I get the answer to a division problem then I multiply my answer times the divisor to see if I get the same number as the problem.”
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Teaching a student at any age how to detect and correct their own errors in any subject has more leverage than when the teacher has all the answers.

Richard

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