Sunday, April 11, 2010

What Does It Mean To Be Good In Math?

The 3 qualities that are important for good math learning are:

- Perseverance
-Double checking
-Thinking outside the box

First, Its good to persevere and never give up because math can be frustrating and if you never persevere and try to find the answer to the problem, then you'll never learn anything and will just keep making the same mistakes over and over again.

Its always good to double check your work. There are always those silly mistakes that you never catch when doing your work the first time. Its also a skill thats useful for other things, not just math. So its good to practice it now and make it useful in the future.

Math is full of oddly arranged questions, its almost like another language. Thinking outside the box will enable you to deeply think the questions through to find those tricky, hidden meanings. For example, problem solving questions especially need thought outside the box. Even though the way to solve the questions are the same, it can be worded completely different and trick you.

2 comments:

  1. i like your blog, jaslynn. it is very insightful and informative. ;)

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  2. Hey Jaslyn, I like your blog too! I agree that double checking helps a lot in your math!

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