Problem solving

Concept Attainment Model “We can ‘form’ concepts, as with the inductive, sciencing, and PWIM models. We can also ‘attain’ or learn the concepts developed by others, as in the concept attainment model” (Joyce, Weil, & Calhoun, 2015, p. 125). Concept attainment is a teaching and learning technique in which “students figure out the attributes of a category that is already formed in another person’s mind by comparing and contrasting examples that contain characteristics of the concept with…

have become a more Intentional Learner. There have been some challenges using my combination of Learning Patterns, in which I have applied the concept of FITing. I have forged my Technical Reasoning to articulate my responses and to accomplish problem solving quickly, when becoming stalled on an assignment. Additionally, Confluence was intensified to be effective by brainstorming and coming up with different approaches. Better FITing my patterns to become more of an Intentional Learner will…

In my previous academic year, I studied joint awards in Law and Business. I had a major dilemma when choosing whether to major in Law or Business. I used to be extremely worried when I come to think about my academic degree options, as I had no idea what to go for. To solve this issue, I made use of UWE Careers Services and Infohub by setting up various meetings with both Law and Business Programme Leaders, Student Advisors and Leader of International Partnerships in UWE to understand the…

life-long learning and help them make sense of the world. This is also evident in UNESCO’s (2015) article on Hands-on Science. It has cited that ‘the use of hands-on and inquiry-based activities develops team-working, critical thinking and problem-solving skills’. This can be similarly seen in Singapore’s Kindergarten Curriculum Framework where Discovery of the World has now been added as one of the six learning domains. However, a challenge we face right now is that the new knowledge about…

complete my work. The first few meetings I was shy and didn’t disclose too much information, either about myself or my ideas. While working on our problem, I really became passionate about the issue. I saw myself taking charge during the meetings. I still didn’t want to be noticed by the group. Then the day came that we had to present our solution to the problem. I stepped up and lead the group in front of the whole class, up in the front of the room. I feel that my leadership approach is…

There were several ways the teacher provided scaffolding for students that did not understand the lesson. If students got stuck on a problem she would simply ask them to think about what the problem is asking. If students still do not understand she would guide them to the answer. Another way she used scaffolding was using manipulatives to represent the problem. If a student raised their hand to answer the question but was stuck on answering she would call on another student to help the…

Basic skills, as defined from the book Teaching the New Basic Skills: Principles for Educating Children to Thrive in a Changing Economy, are those skills that are fundamental in reading, mathematics, solving semi-structured questions where assumptions should be developed and experimented, working and communicating effectively with different kinds of people, and accomplishing simple tasks via computers (Murnane & Levy, 1996). However, according to Kimberly Lightle, Director of the Office of…

Many people think that incarceration is like a vacation at a country club until they see what really happens behind the bars. Offenders do not get the help that they need when they are in prison. When offenders go to prison and when they are let out nothing has changed and they usually end up back in prison. The rates of population have gone up and prisons are becoming over populated. Craig Jones and Don Weatherburn proves, “The sentenced adult prison population has increased by about 20 per…

The balance scale task requires a child to predict the movement of the scale once weights are placed on the pegs. Siegler (1978) used a balance scale task to identify children’s ability to reason proportionally and implemented rules for solving balance scale item tasks. He hypothesized that when children are tasked with proportional reasoning, using the balance beam…

However, while strengths for Jackson consist of his comprehension of basic number facts in addition and subtraction, his learning disability causes difficulties with word problems in mathematics as shown from the results on the Foundations of Problem Solving and Applied Problem Solving section on his KeyMath3 and mCLASS®:Math assessments, which demonstrated below grade-level. Since Jackson requires intensive, explicit instruction in reading he will not participate in general…