The teacher asked the following question to her ninth standard students:
What is the similarity in the expressions 5x2 and 70y3 ? Can you enlist the points and provide evidence for the argument?
But, when students started attempting to tackle the problem, they could realise that the problem had multiple solutions and they came up with several solutions to answer the question.
What kind of thinking is teacher trying to inculcate here?
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Reflective thinking
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Creative thinking
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Convergent thinking
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Perceptual thinking