tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957896812820341397.post8292837504927381628..comments2024-01-14T18:14:23.866-08:00Comments on Delta Scape: What are your thoughts?delta_dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18024582157985654525noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957896812820341397.post-15542244769192598882023-12-26T18:33:30.571-08:002023-12-26T18:33:30.571-08:00This was a lovelly blog postThis was a lovelly blog postUnicorns and Rainbows Craftshttps://unicornsandrainbowscrafts.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957896812820341397.post-41483534909455345902013-09-09T08:15:46.151-07:002013-09-09T08:15:46.151-07:00Yes, it's a "non problem." That...Yes, it's a "non problem." That's where I stopped; it was clearly just some tidbits of information. The directions said I wouldn't arrive at a solution "in time" -- but the wording of the problem didn't ask for a solution. Therefore, I concluded that the task wasn't likely to make sense. I mean, if you tell me to solve something but there's nothing to solve, what else will you have written that really wasn't what you meant to write? <br /> (This is, I'm afraid, a direct result of people publishing things with fundamental errors so often that i learned not to assume things made any sense.) SiouxGeonzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852040976080951492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957896812820341397.post-43884698454055913762013-06-04T07:43:37.908-07:002013-06-04T07:43:37.908-07:00Elizabeth,
As always, I appreciate your thoughts. ...Elizabeth,<br />As always, I appreciate your thoughts. I certainly agree with your perspective regarding our relationship with non-routine problems. We've experienced "math" as something you do quickly (if you're good at it) and not at all (if you're not). When I encounter a math "problem" that takes me more than a couple of minutes to "solve" I experience frustration and anxiety because I've been trained to think I was good/fast at math.<br /><br />The interesting thing about this activity is that there is no problem - that's what makes it non-routine. Participants have to decide for themselves what would constitute a problem for them. In the most recent workshop where I used this, several university professor who professed to being bad at math (sigh) came up with a problem they could solve and talked through their process of solving it. By focusing on their thinking, not a solution, they can develop better capacity and agency around problem solving. At least, that's the hope.delta_dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024582157985654525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957896812820341397.post-52673509406814862472013-05-25T13:38:42.495-07:002013-05-25T13:38:42.495-07:00Love this. I need to wallow in it more to reflect ...Love this. I need to wallow in it more to reflect thoughtfully, but I wanted to offer another alternative viewpoint about the inability of some problem-solvers to monitor their own thinking process. For myself, I have learned that this is intimately connected with the fight-flight-freeze response that kicks in whenever I am faced with a non-routine problem to work on. I literally freeze — as in, I go all deer in the headlights, even to the point of unconsciously holding my breath — out of panic at the seemingly imminent moment of shame and humiliation I anticipate will accompany my inability to get started.<br /><br />I've spent a long part of my life as a meditator and meditation teacher learning how to notice this moment happening in a wide range of situations, but that doesn't mean the conditioned habit of fight-flight-freeze ever goes away. It does mean, though, that I have developed a different relationship to it — a relationship of unconditional friendliness or maitri toward it. And that has helped to loosen its grip on my mathematical problem-solving mind.<br /><br />Anyway, just some initial amuses bouches for thought.<br /><br />- Elizabeth (@cheesemonkeysf)<br /><br />cheesemonkeysfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.com