Using KenKen to Build Reasoning Skills

Reiter, Harold; Thornton, John; Vennebush, G. Patrick

doi:10.5951/mathteacher.107.5.0341

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“…As a result of the study, the classroom teachers had views that mind games played with the students supported the mathematical and logical development of the students. Similar to the results of this study, there are studies concluding that mind games develop mathematical skills (Bottino, Ferlino, Ott & Tavella, 2007 (Reiter, Thornton & Vennebush, 2014;Yöndemli & Doğan-Taş, 2018).…”

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“…It is possible to talk about the effects of mind games on children in cognitive, affective and social areas. When considered cognitively, mind games were revealed to improve students' thinking skills (Bottino & Ott, 2006;Kula, 2020), mathematical skills (Bottino, Ferlino, Ott & Tavella, 2007;Erdoğan, Eryılmaz-Çevirgen & Atasay, 2017;Saygı & Alkaş-Ulusoy, 2019;Ulusoy, Saygı & Umay, 2017), mathematical reasoning skills (Reiter, Thornton & Vennebush, 2014;Yöndemli & Doğan-Taş, 2018), problem solving and reasoning skills (Bottino & Ott, 2006;Kurbal, 2015;Şahin, 2019), critical thinking skills (Dewar, 2012;Savaş, 2019), creative thinking skill (Ott & Pozzi, 2012), spatial skills (Zeybek & Saygı, 2018;Yang & Chen, 2010), attention and visual perception (Altun, 2017 ), and strategy use (Best, 1990). Mind games also improve geometric thinking level (Dokumacı-Sütçü, 2018;Siew & Abdullah, 2012) and mental skill level (intensifying attention, strategic thinking, analysis, establishing the part-whole relationship, visual perception and benefiting from clues) (Marangoz & Demirtaş, 2017).…”

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Mind Games with the Views of Classroom Teachers

Kula

2021

IJRES

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This study aimed to determine the views of classroom teachers about mind games in Turkey and a survey model was used. The research was carried out with the phenomenological design from qualitative research methods. Thirty-one primary school teachers were selected by the criterion sampling method which is one of the purposeful sampling methods. In order to collect the data, the opinion form prepared by the researcher was completed by classroom teachers. The documents obtained were analyzed with the content analysis method. It was seen in the study that teachers usually play mind games with students in the Free Activities course, mainly for 2 hours per week, strategy games were played most, memory games were the least played games, and mind games contributed to communication, creativity, problem solving, mathematical and logical thinking, and academic skills. In addition, classroom teachers experienced some problems related to classroom management, to physical conditions and student characteristics while playing mind games. In line with the results, it is suggested that the multi-dimensional development of students be supported by playing mind games at every grade level.

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Mind Games with the Views of Classroom Teachers

Kula

2021

IJRES

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“…Strom and Barolo (2011) examined the effect of the game they used in the study (mastermind) on reasoning skills and observed that it had a positive effect. Reiter, Thornton and Vennebush (2014) mentioned in their study that the 'kendoku' game improved the reasoning skills. They point out that the reasoning skills important in mathematics and other lessons as well as everyday life, are improved through playing this game.…”

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The Effects of Mind Games on Higher Level Thinking Skills in Gifted Students

Baş

Kuzu

Gök

2020

Journal of Education and Future

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The aim of this research is to demonstrate the effect of various mind games, played by students identified as gifted in the elementary school age, on their analytical thinking, critical thinking and decision making skills. To fulfill this aim, the research made use of experimental research pattern and used single group, pre/post-test experimental pattern, which counts among weak experimental patterns. The study group of the research consists of 22 students in a private school located in Çankaya, Ankara in the academic year of 2016-2017. While the inclusion of the private school to the research involved the usage of the convenience sampling method, the inclusion of the gifted students to the research was done through purposive sampling methodology. In this research, various tests: "ACD test" and "Kakuro test" for gifted students were prepared by researchers and used in the research to measure high-level thinking skills of gifted students. In the process, various games: "Rat a Tat Cat" and "Sleeping Queens" were played and effects of these games on students' analytical thinking, critical thinking and decision-making skills were examined. Research outcomes demonstrated improvement in the analytical thinking, critical thinking and decision-making skills of the gifted students as a result of the various mind games they played.

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“…Experts have spoken about the important effects of mind games on the learning (Kirriemuir & McFarlane 2004;Mitchell &Savill -Smith 2004) and cognitive development (Ghoneim, & Essam, 2012;Sigirtmac, 2016;Turkoglu & Uslu, 2016) of preschool and primary school children. Reiter, Thornton and Vennebush (2014) reported that children could meaningfully reason with numbers and operations thanks to the kenken, a sudoku variant. (Soduko is a well-known game of the mind games family).…”

Section: Mind (Intelligence) Gamesmentioning

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Comparison of Sudoku Solving Skills of Preschool Children Enrolled in the Montessori Approach and the National Education Programs Yıldız Güven1, Cihat Gültekin1, A. Beyzanur Dedeoğlu1

Güven

Gültekin²,

Dedeoğlu³

2020

JETS

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According to Johnson-Laird (2010), sudoku, a mind game, is based on a pure deduction and reasoning processes. This study analyzed sudoku solving skills of preschool children and to ascertain whether there was a difference between children who were educated according to the Ministry of Education preschool education program and the Montessori approach. Sudoku skills of children were analyzed by gender, age, duration of preschool attendance, mother’s and father’s education level and previous experience of playing sudoku using a 12-question Sudoku Skills Measurement Tool developed for this research study.The study sample of the study consisted of 118 children (57 girls, 61 boys) aged between 54-77 months. The findings showed that there was no significant difference in sudoku skills by gender. However, sudoku skills varied with age (54-65 months and 66-77 months) in favor of older groups. Children's sudoku skills were more developed with an increase in education level of either parent. Children who had been in preschool for longer had higher sudoku scores. A previous experience of playing sudoku did not impact sudoku scores. Sudoku skills of children who were educated according to the Montessori program were more developed compared to those of children educated according to Ministry of National Education program.

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Using KenKen to Build Reasoning Skills

Abstract: Through KenKen puzzles, students can explore parity, counting, subsets, and various problem-solving strategies.

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Mind Games with the Views of Classroom Teachers

Mind Games with the Views of Classroom Teachers

The Effects of Mind Games on Higher Level Thinking Skills in Gifted Students

Comparison of Sudoku Solving Skills of Preschool Children Enrolled in the Montessori Approach and the National Education Programs Yıldız Güven1, Cihat Gültekin1, A. Beyzanur Dedeoğlu1

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