Resolve

 

Resolve - as in to solve; to find an answer for through reasoning

As in...one of my favorite parts of teaching is watching the resolve of some of my students.  A few years ago I was fascinated that one of my multilingual learners in my class was writing an entire essay in Spanish, then putting it through Google Translate to get it into English (which is the opposite of what I do with this blog).

The photo above is from a student that was having difficulty remembering what his prime and composite numbers were...so he pulled up a list of prime numbers and split his screen so that he would be able to use it as a reference.

Is it cheating?  No.  It is finding a reference and leaning on it until you remember it.  There is a good possibility that this student will remember their prime and composite numbers better than most because this reference is staring them in the face.

That is resolve. 


Resolver - como en resolver; encontrar una respuesta a través del razonamiento

Como en... una de mis partes favoritas de la enseñanza es observar la resolución de algunos de mis alumnos. Hace unos años, me fascinó que uno de mis alumnos multilingües en mi clase escribiera un ensayo completo en español y luego lo pasara a Google Translate para traducirlo al inglés (que es lo opuesto a lo que hago con este blog).

La foto de arriba es de un estudiante que tenía dificultades para recordar cuáles eran sus números primos y compuestos... así que sacó una lista de números primos y dividió su pantalla para poder usarla como referencia.

¿Es trampa? No. Es encontrar una referencia y apoyarse en ella hasta recordarla. Existe una buena posibilidad de que este estudiante recuerde sus números primos y compuestos mejor que la mayoría porque esta referencia los está mirando a la cara.

Eso es resolver.

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