The Power of Visuals to Solve Problems
In this blog post a man talks about how he is helping his 10yr old with a maths problem and that to help him they both have to understand it on the same level. The man discovers that in order to reach the right answer and better understand the question he has draw graphs and visuals.
"They look at strategy as something new and full of words they’ve heard
and numbers they’ve seen before, but it comes to them in a way that it
reads like a story problem. It’s just words and figures on paper. It’s
hard to see them come to life – to become something meaningful that they
can relate to."
The visuals help solidify the entire problem into one solid image that can be digested and understood better than any 500+. The words may convey specifics better but the visuals help to display the basic idea and meaning behind what your reading so as soon as you have finished reading the visual ties it altogether to create an actual understanding.
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