Information about Kangaroo Olympiad training classes
Dates
for classes: March
2d , 9th and 16th.
By
Mary Marvin.
It’s almost time for the SchoolPlus
Kangaroo Olympiad training classes to start, and we would like to tell you what
exactly goes on in an Olympiad training class and what you can expect.
The Olympic training classes will acquaint
students with some general and specific “guideposts,” they can recognize to
help them “find their way around,” and solve the problem.
Here’s what we’ll do in a typical
class
There are some specific “categories”
or types of problems, which when recognized, make a complicated problem a lot
more sensible and manageable. Some well
known techniques in problem solving, which will be studied in the classes
include solving a problem by “Working Backwards,” i.e., you know
the final result, but you must figure out what steps got you to that point. The
skill of “Making A Picture or Sketch,” to
simplify complex information is another valuable approach. Other classic
problem solving techniques include “Looking for a Pattern,” and this
includes both picture and number patterns, “Organizing and Listing Cases,”
to list a few of the techniques we’ll study.
Solving an unfamiliar math problem with no
guideposts is comparable to finding yourself lost in a strange neighborhood,
with insufficient directions, just hoping you make it out. We think the techniques and approaches we’ve
described will help.
We’ve included some samples of kids’ work,
so you can see the result of our Olympiad training.
Example
1.
Example
2
Example 3
Example 4
Here’s
a list of the Kangaroo Olympiad training classes as a set of three classes for
each level:
Dates for classes: March 2d , 9th and 16th .
Location of all classes: Linwood
Middle School, North Brunswick, NJ
Grade
1 and 2
4:15-5:45 p.m.
Room: 720
Teacher: L. Antenucci.
Cost: $120
Grade
3 and 4
2:15-3:45 p.m.
Room: 721
Teacher: O. Boguslavsky
Cost: $120
Grade
5 and 6
4:15-5:45 p.m.
Room:719
Teacher: M. Marvin
You
could register for these classes here
http://www.school-plus.com/schoolplus/index.php?Event_Reg=1&Event_ID=55