Function takes priority -- Ingenuity-teaching via the building bricks elements

Function takes priority -- Ingenuity-teaching via the building bricks elements

This report presents the results from our guided teaching of a variety of student groups from 10-to 15-yearsoldand university studentsto try to develop their ingenuity. To stimulate the students' engagement and involvement, the researchers used ready-to-assemble 'Gigo' bricks as the main development aids. To induce the students to show their ingenuity and ideas, we gave them a functional aim instead of a particular productto assemble. This principle gave each student group a different experience from aset of assemblybricks. Each group assembled their unique product to achieve the functional aimwith a variety of 'Gigo'bricks elements, and also show their ingenuity and logic. Every child had to discuss his or her ideas in a peer group, and the researchers joined them when a difficult problem occurred. Hence, students could share their own ideas in a group, learn the way of team work, and certainly enjoy presenting the product of their ingenuity through 'Gigo' bricks. From the variety of products that resulted from each functional aim, we found that 'function takes priority' is a valuable principle for the guided-teaching of students' ingenuity.From the results of our study, we offer the concept and strategy of ingenuity-teaching, andoffer clear methods and steps to practise your own ingenuity-teaching.