[Design and Technology] Research on problem solving

Mon Feb 1 08:58:08 EST 2010

The website link to ted Laurie refers to in his email below is:

http://www.ted.com/

You may also wish to check this one out:

Sir Ken Robinson says 'Schools kill creativity' 

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativ
ity.html

Thanks to Aaron Powter for reminding me about the above resource. 

Also for textiles teachers: Check on the article in yesterday's The
Sunday Age, page 3, True blue 'smart' fabric more than just a high-tech
yarn for information on new developments and 'intelligent clothing'. 

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Subject: RE: [Design and Technology] Research on problem solving

Have a look at the TED website. Lots of really interesting talks on
creativity by top people. Great stuff from Laurie

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Subject: [Design and Technology] Research on problem solving

People who talk out loud to think through their maths problems are able
to solve them faster and have more chance of getting the right answer,
the research has found. 

In a finding that flies in the face of the old-fashioned theory of
studying in silence, classrooms should be full of the noise of students
tackling their problems out loud. 

"Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation relating to the
also contributed to its solution." 

Read the article at:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6866135/Thinking-out-lou
d-helps-solve-problems.html

Lorraine Tran I Curriculum Manager 

VELS Design, Creativity and Technology  

VCE Agricultural and Horticultural Studies I VCE Food and Technology  

VCE Design and Technology I VCE Systems Engineering

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)

41 St Andrews Place I East Melbourne I 3002

W (03) 9651 4407 I M 041 933 1630 

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