TECHNIQUES FOR GUESSING RIDDLES

Along with creating conditions that facilitate guessing, you should teach children to guess the riddle, to solve the logical problem correctly. For the solution to be error-free, it is necessary to know the logical mechanism of guessing, to possess the appropriate techniques. 

Considering the features of the content of the riddle as a logical task, consider the specificity and sequence of those thought operations, which are made when guessing. In order to guess a riddle, you should first select the features of the object pointed out in the riddle, i.e. carry out an analysis. Then compare and combine these features, establish possible connections between them, ie, make a synthesis. 

Based on the establishment of connections and combining characteristics, the conclusion is made, an inference is made, that is, the correct guess. The imperative of each of these stages in this sequence is determined by the fact that without sufficient analysis (allocation of all of these features), the process of synthesis (making connections) may be incomplete and one-sided, and consequently, the conclusion will be inaccurate or erroneous. 

Causes of children's mistakes when guessing riddles

There is a close correlation between analysis, synthesis and inference. The more signs will be highlighted in the riddle, the easier it is to make synthesis, to establish connections between signs, the more accurate the conclusion, ie to determine the clue.

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