Registration for Brainfinity, a problem solving competition for secondary school students and primary school students in Years 5 through 8 is underway. The competition this spring will gather young problem-solvers from all of Europe, and you can be one of them!
Brainfinity is an extraordinary competition where student teams solve creative and logical problems in a real-life context using all the benefits of information technology, and the jury consists of our most eminent teachers and educational experts.
This is the unique opportunity to join your friends who have already registered, have a lot of fun, train your brain and win prestigious awards.
Brainfinity develops in students key skills necessary for successful future
Last year Brainfinity gathered a large number of teams, not only from Serbia, but from Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia that tremendously enjoyed the challenges and thrilled the jury with their creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration.
The goal of the Brainfinity competition is to equip students to embrace the project-oriented education principles and the knowledge they have acquired in school apply in the familiar context.
“At the Brainfinity competition I’ve learnt that I can achieve whatever I set my mind to if I try hard enough”, says Aleksa Gavrilović, a student and the winner of Brainfinity 2020.
At the Brainfinity competition, students apply the knowledge of physics, mathematics, logic and other subjects in an informal and relaxed environment, while using computers, mobile phones, iPads and other gadgets to solve the presented problems. This kind of mental challenges develops in children exploration-oriented spirit, critical thinking, better engagement, enhanced creativity and key Pisa skills for the 21 century.
Professor Ivan Anić, the competition author and a full time jury member, states that this competition enables the change in perception regarding knowledge acquisition.
“During the Brainfinity competition, children get to grips with real-life problems and, in this way, mathematics becomes functionally applicable.
What is the Brainfinity competition like?
The competition has three phases, so students at the Brainfinity challenge solve the Bainfinity problems online, wherever they are, and after that the competition finals are in Belgrade, Serbia.
But in order to enter the Brainfinity challenge, firstly, it is necessary for teams to register for the competition and solve one out of two problems which they will receive through email upon their registration.
To take part in Brainfinity no special preparation is needed, nor any special previous knowledge, but it has turned out that better results are achieved by teams who have already become familiar with the type of problems appearing in the competitions. If you and your team want to try out some of the problems and get as ready as possible for the competition, you may find them here.
You can find more information about competition rules and participants eligibility here.
Let’s see last year’s Brainfinity finals:
The teams that reach the finals can win additional points and to do that their school mates, friends and family can help them through Facebook sharing function or clicking “like” on Instagram. As this is the competition that encourages creativity, the teams get points for the most inventive logo and team name as well.
Old-fashioned and formal competitions? Brainfinity is totally opposite!
Problem solving is one of the most efficient teaching methods which contributes to students’ development. Unlike the other conventional school competitions, at the Brainfinity competition participants are fully engaged, free from stress and fear of mistakes while solving the problems, because there is not just one correct answer. This type of competition stimulates development of multiple intelligences in children, therefore it is appropriate for all types of learners: the creative, the logical, geeks, the intuitive ones.. Every one of them contributes in their own unique way to the solution of a problem.
In the very same way as in the most advanced school systems in the world, children participating in the competition which combines game and learning achieve the best results, reaching their full potential and discovering abilities they were not aware of but which are extremely important for their future education.
The best teams are to receive valuable awards that will additionally motivate students to do their best, while teachers of the winning teams will get the Institute for Contemporary Education one-year membership and the access to the state-of-the-art educational resources that will help teachers advance in their career.
Register for the competition and test your skills!
All secondary and primary Years 5 to 8 students can participate and anyone can register the team. A team has four members and one teacher should guide the team through all the phases of the competition.
Seize the opportunity to test your skills and abilities, have great fun, win valuable awards and participate in the competition which has raised enormous interest among children, teachers and parents.
