Is there a shorter path for students to understand math easier? The answer is YES definitely.

Let’s do a simple experiment. Let’s find number 1 to 20 in the following picture and record down the time required to accomplish this task.

How long (seconds) do you need to find number 1 to 20 ?

Alright, now we add some hints of how to do it faster.

  • 1. Divide the picture into 4 quadrants.
  • 2. Then, find number 1 on the upper left quadrant,
  • 3. Continue to find number 2 on the upper right quadrant,
  • 4. Continue to find number 3 on the lower right quadrant,
  • 5. Continue to find number 4 on the lower left quadrant, and so on.

Does this hint shorten the time required for you to find number 1 to 20 ? Yes, the hint actually spell out the proper way.

Similarly, students should have the proper way for learning. In mathematics/physics, a proper way should involve:

  1. Understanding the concept and phenomena behind each topic. The emphasize is on the concept instead of formula.
  2. The role of a teacher is to shorten the time frame for point number 1
  3. To enhance further, solving various related problems in a systematic way will help students’ understanding.
  4. In line with those steps, practical real world application of those lessons should be linked and hence complete the learning process.

By using this approach, students can understand mathematics easier, faster. This is precisely the method that we use to guide our students.

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