Building on Useful Ideas

This video was very helpful in reinforcing the students coming up with their type of techniques and solutions to problems they have not seen before. I believe that if a student develops a technique or sees a pattern for him/herself it will stick and have a chance to develop into something more. What I try to do in classes is give them information but see if anyone can develop any kind of pattern or see something that is not so obvious. When a student or group of students develop the idea, it would be much easier to attach the vocabulary that goes with it after it becomes comfortable. The development of an idea using previous knowledge will work better than a teacher telling students what to do and how to think.