Solving the Cube!

 SAIL math students are learning how to solve the Rubik's Cube. 




                                                                                                                



10 Benefits of the Rubik's Cube are:

1. Boosts Cognitive Power

2. Improves Memory

3. Helps to develop problem-solving skills

4. Enhances Brain-Hand-Eye coordination and Reflexes

5. Instils Confidence

6. Improves Concentration

7. Boosts Patience and Perseverance

8. Stress Reduction

9. Entertainment

10. Enhance Creative Thinking

Boosts Cognitive Power:

It is one of the best advantages of solving the Rubik's cube. When you are solving a Rubik's cube on your own, without following an algorithm you are creating your own technique or science for solving the cube. When you are constantly challenging the brain to achieve a goal, cognitive skills are enhanced. Even when you are following an algorithm you are focusing on the pattern and pushing your brain to solve the cube in a minimum number of moves and in the fastest possible way.

Some studies show that the use of “play cubes” as a teaching guide in primary school mathematics activities is conducive to stimulating students’ interest in learning and guiding students to think abstractly and develop spatial ideas. Rubik’s Cube was viewed as a tool for applying rather sophisticated mathematics to generate some solution algorithms. 

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