the problem is that the students in the grades 6th to 8th often are influenced by their parents and tutors to mug up the theories word to word as in textbooks, the thinking skill isn't developed in them until they get a right mentor/teacher who gives them problems that aren't on textbooks so they've got no choice but to think outside of the textbook using the same concepts but correctly and with consciousness. so unless a thinking habit and curiosity in students is created, there's so much lower chances that a 6th std student might be watching these kind of educational videos and genuinely try to improve
Break the problem into isolated modules and use them as weapons to tackle something new. Each module has a reason to be applied. Try to break the new problem into the pre-existing modules. If you have solved sufficient good questions you will find out all the problems are simply the amalgamation of your pre-learnt modules. This is how I ended up at IIT Kanpur!
Sir ji , totally appreciate your noble intentions but I differ with what you are saying. Only 2 things are needed.1) pay attention to what you are doing 2) be at it and not give up , everything takes time . Everyone’s life experiences are different and learns different things. No need to overcomplicate and create self doubt in school
I am so glad that your last two videos have been for school children. It is so important to inculcate the scientific thinking early in school. Your point about exploring both the reason for success and failure is on the spot. This is a habit which will be needed not just when one goes to college or research but also in your work place. As a coach, two key questions we ask is what worked for you and what did not work for you. You also very nicely pointed out about not giving up when things do not go your way. About making questions, you gave an example which I could resonate to. I used to teach my younger sister and especially in maths, I used to make up questions for her to practice. I used to do that for myself too since the number of sample questions in a book were limited. And finally you were right on the fact that in doing what you have told you learn about yourself which is critical. Nobody knows you better than your own self. I would like to end by giving my example. I was and still am very bad at mugging up and there were times I would forget formulae. My father used to always tell me to focus on fundamentals. That made me learn the derivations of the formula. This helped me especially in exams when I forgot a formula. There were times when I derived the formula in the exam and then went on to solve the problem. I understand it could be time consuming but I practiced so much that I had enough time to derive the formula and solve it. P.S. - Even I was told about the story of Gauss when we were being taught the formula = n(n+1)/2
1.Approach it like a game (You can only go level by level easy to hard questions…master your easy questions) —-you need to go further in your skill level by actively persuading towards harder questions ———Go through the theory itself and try to solve the problems ———-You have to be patient with ur problem solving skills … you must be ready to understand ur mistakes ———You have to extract the fundamental reason why u couldn’t solve the question…make a note of it ———Also remember you also need to do analysis of things which you actually did solve…specially for the hard ones ——-Analyse what could have been the possible steps…that you could have taken and see if they are better applicable to that path question ——-What could have been a better problem try making your own questions inspired from the ones you have solved ———Certain kinds of problems have. Certain symmetry now you just try to play with this symmetry urslelf ——-caution be careful there need not be an beauty in every problem don’t eats your time ——-build connnrction with previous topics it helps to build interest
1)know urself-wheather problem right or wrong know the key what made u solve or not able to solve problem 2)try to look at symmetry but think what happens if its not symmetrical 3) after class,try to learn concepts by own from books,them try basic questions and move to advance 4)try to make own questions from text or problems,combine multiple concepts in a questions means me: teach concepts to urself after reading textbook in a blank paper Thankyou so much sir
Extraordinary input sir for the School Children. Like a plant seeding, till the fruit yielding. This is about their way of life at Science and Maths. Hat's off to your effort for the Children Sir.
I am in my final year of engineering this year, I have always been looking to articulate all of what sir said together. This video will really help me to upskill myself by bridging the gap between my life problems and the actual engineering level problems. I will not get deceived and demotivated looking at challenges after this video for sure. Thank you sir.
This is absolute gold, especially treating problems as a trove of knowledge waiting to be unlocked.
this is called knowledge without any hidden motive. thankyou sir..
You are talking the juice that lies below the stiff skin of a delicious fruit. As a guardian of my son , preparing for these exams, I myself got much inspired for guiding him.
Process which you are teaching I can see your effort and even you too is heading towards perfection... through your techniques...👍🏻
See "How to Solve it" by George Polya. 1) Introspection (post mortem analysis) helps one to identify what works and what doesn't and most importantly WHY. Over time this builds up a library of common pitfalls or cognitive biases to avoid in future. 2) Brainstorming helps one to generate different options or approaches to a problem. Also creating hybrid combinations when straightforward methods don't work. 2) Evaluating each option/branch : Trial and error helps one to unearth and learn more about your opponent ie the problem. 3) Backtracking to other options/branches. 4) Comparing branches tried out and organising the feedback gained by grappling with the problem. Using this gained knowledge to prune/eliminate dead end or irrelevant branches drastically filters and reduces wasted effort. 5) Look deeper into mundane things. Why do they work? Is there a better way to do things ie improve your technique? 6) Turn it into a game or puzzle that you're trying to work out. Make up your own questions or modify the question to make it different or harder or easier. Many of the above methods are used in the field of AI heuristics.
This is something really important to be known by a good student. Many students join tutions when school teaching isn't enough for them. That may help achieve good marks but their is no development in their skills. Same happened to me also. I wish I had got this type of guidance atleast in my JEE prearation stage. This video needs to be seen by all the students who are really seeing forward to study at higher levels.
I watched jc sir's video at the start of this month and approached his style of problem solving method, honestly my level of problem solving skill is improving day by day, but now i am not the highest level but i will attain it one day for sure. I am always been afraid of problems and now love the art of problem solving. Once again Thank u very much jc sir. You are a genius.
9:27 this point absolutely holds true for me. In class I understand everything and that leads me to think I have been taught everything by the teachers and I become very complacent. Come exam time, I am totally wrecked because they skip half the syllabus and advanced numericals. I also have do not focus on one topic and hop around multiple topics leaving no time for revision or deep understanding.
Although this video is meant for school students, particularly between Standard 6 and 10. I am finding it very useful after graduating.
I was first thinking like: this is for DSA problem solving, and seen almost 75% video, and it helped a lot!
Sir I really appreciate everything you say. I'm in a terrible state and I really needed an adult advice but I my locality is not good. I'm glad I found your videos❤ They are helping my mind to be at peace. ❤
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