Webinar Recordings SET A for Grades 3-4-Webinar 9 Recording

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In the webinar, the focus was on logical reasoning, featuring problems relating to truth-tellers and liars, one-to-one correspondence, and logic puzzles. Here's a summary of the key insights and strategies discussed:<br /><br />1. <strong>Elimination and Contradiction</strong>: A method used often was looking for contradictions in statements to eliminate incorrect options. This was demonstrated in the problem where each statement needed to be examined to find the one false statement. By checking each scenario for logical consistency, incorrect answers could be ruled out.<br /><br />2. <strong>Organization and Use of Tables</strong>: Organizing information in tables was suggested for problems like determining the city each boy came from, as tables help in visualizing and systematically eliminating options.<br /><br />3. <strong>Understanding Problem Statements</strong>: Always ensure to decode what the problem statement asks. Clarifying small words like "not" in questions is crucial as they drastically change the meaning and answer.<br /><br />4. <strong>Logical Problems Without Numbers</strong>: Logic puzzles don't necessarily need mathematical calculations but do demand critical thinking and pattern recognition, illustrated by the animal Sudoku and logical placement problems.<br /><br />5. <strong>Practice and Persistence</strong>: Logical reasoning problems can be tricky, requiring reading, rereading, and understanding in detail. Repeated practice with these kinds of puzzles improves skills, as shown by participants taking time to understand and solve the problem logically.<br /><br />The webinar aimed to enhance the attendees' skills on a non-calculative level using puzzles, focusing on reasoning and analytical thinking rather than numerical problem solving.

Keywords

logical reasoning

truth-tellers and liars

contradiction

elimination

tables

problem statements

pattern recognition

critical thinking

logic puzzles

analytical thinking