tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post2539128191773845059..comments2024-02-17T09:10:23.351-08:00Comments on Math Coach: One puzzle - Many students - Many approachesRupesh Gesotahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09059947826181197064noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-24315148652302908452017-06-27T01:14:20.734-07:002017-06-27T01:14:20.734-07:00Teaching maths is difficult. Still difficult is to...Teaching maths is difficult. Still difficult is to make them think in different methods. And still more difficult is to make them to think in fractions and in puzzles. I salute Sri Rupesh Geostaji for making the very difficult thing easier for the students. As he once said the SPARKLES in the eyes of the students once they solved any new problem is the MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND SATISFACTION for the Jothilingamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05172564634377286596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-86422738588507868302017-06-22T02:37:26.110-07:002017-06-22T02:37:26.110-07:00Best, I am really amazed with the answer. I tried ...Best, I am really amazed with the answer. I tried to solve it, and tried to do it with an A+B+C=? way, however I got the thinking wrong, as in my solution the one which was coming in middle is X. Beautiful, really delighted to see the way childrens have done itShravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550117075499858670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-60041477117566573852017-06-20T00:17:33.909-07:002017-06-20T00:17:33.909-07:00Very interesting solutions to the problem from you...Very interesting solutions to the problem from your students. I liked they way each one reasoned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197118288082553754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-44680697763692454562017-06-18T21:50:06.324-07:002017-06-18T21:50:06.324-07:00All the approaches were great. Vaishnavi's app...All the approaches were great. Vaishnavi's approach was awesome. <br />All credit goes to you since most of us would have stopped after getting the first solution. <br />God bless you and keep up the good work. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139373574602538501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-43440355960872391482017-06-18T19:15:47.754-07:002017-06-18T19:15:47.754-07:00I loved Vaishnavi's approach for the sheer bea...I loved Vaishnavi's approach for the sheer beauty of the process of elimination used. All approaches were brilliant in their own ways. I love the work ethic you are instilling in them. This will go a long way in whatever they do in life.hariharanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11691742662246564329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-68485701613703679472017-06-17T10:16:43.870-07:002017-06-17T10:16:43.870-07:00Denise Baker Gaskins says ---
What a neat way to...Denise Baker Gaskins says --- <br /><br />What a neat way to turn a been-there-done-that puzzle into something new!<br />My first response was "both of the other shapes appear three times, so it's probably a square." But that doesn't count as a proof. Then I focused on the +1 relationships.<br />So I especially enjoyed reading the proofs from students who came up with things I Rupesh Gesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059947826181197064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-53251249897905009592017-06-17T09:47:11.650-07:002017-06-17T09:47:11.650-07:00Amlesh Kanekar replied --
This is a unique work.....Amlesh Kanekar replied --<br /><br />This is a unique work.. the class is allowed to solve each in their own way.... I could only do it by finding each one...But vaishnavi's hint - not divisible by 3 led me to the answer...<br /><br />The best thing about your method is the kids get time to put pencil to paper and experiment... If the focus is not on the "winner is the first to find the Rupesh Gesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059947826181197064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-46515696359503214912017-06-17T09:38:25.946-07:002017-06-17T09:38:25.946-07:00Lhianna Boditoro's comments on this post (on f...Lhianna Boditoro's comments on this post (on facebook)<br /><br /> I absolutely love this post and all the solutions! What wonder and diligence! I love the Even/Odd solution for its simplicity. But the first solution may be my favorite because there is a beauty in the way the student notices that 14 is not a multiple of three and how this leads to a solution. Plus the diligence of proving Rupesh Gesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059947826181197064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-40907061678349854112017-06-17T05:05:54.271-07:002017-06-17T05:05:54.271-07:00I loved the different ways in which the children t...I loved the different ways in which the children tried the question, each one thought independently. What a pleasure to teach such a class. I particularly liked 'odd-even' approach but would also like to give credit to Vaishnavi who also was able to reason out the integral value of each figure. I am also a maths teacher and always motivate children to solve the questions in different waysashvinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447207388904325067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-53559104592908857862017-06-17T01:58:47.659-07:002017-06-17T01:58:47.659-07:00Nice to see that each child had a different approa...Nice to see that each child had a different approach to the problem. I teach math too as I love the subject and always tell my students that every problem has more than one approach :) Since the problem said "without" finding value of each shape, my answer was SQUARE as the other two shapes were 3 each but there were only 2 squares :)archana sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968765036706371132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565134563275828351.post-79722501967144714662017-06-16T22:10:28.280-07:002017-06-16T22:10:28.280-07:00All were brilliant. Unique of arriving at same de...All were brilliant. Unique of arriving at same destination thru multiple creative routes. I especially liked the solution of figuring which shape was even, odd and then arriving at solution.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12845509914829725887noreply@blogger.com