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Trying a New Approach
When your first approach isn't working, try a different one — being flexible about strategies is part of being a good learner
Typical age: 7–8 years
“If your child tries one way to solve a problem and it isn't working, do they try a different approach rather than just repeating the same thing?”
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- Choosing a StrategyREQUIRED
Evaluating a strategy requires having deliberately chosen and tried different strategies — you need the switching habit first
- Multi-Step Problem Solving
Trying a different mathematical strategy when stuck is the maths-specific application of the universal strategy-switching habit
- Learning from MistakesREQUIRED
Error analysis requires the habit of trying different approaches — you need to have tried something before you can analyse what went wrong