Age (12-14)

Topics

• Solve challenging logical and analytical reasoning problems.
• Identify hidden rules in numerical, visual, and mixed patterns.
• Apply mathematical reasoning, probability, estimation, and simple optimization.
• Develop working memory, concentration, and information-processing skills.
• Solve spatial visualization, rotation, symmetry, and transformation challenges.
• Apply basic algorithmic and computational thinking to unfamiliar problems.
• Evaluate evidence, assumptions, and different possible solutions.
• Develop planning, prediction, and decision-making skills.
• Apply creative and lateral thinking to open-ended problems.
• Solve investigation-style challenges using multiple sources of information.

Detailed Syllabus

1. Advanced Logic & Pattern Analysis

• Solve multi-step numerical and visual sequences.
• Identify multiple or changing rules within patterns.
• Analyze matrix and grid-based reasoning problems.
• Identify relationships between numbers, symbols, and shapes.
• Solve classification and analogy problems.
• Determine missing information using logical clues.
• Solve patterns that require several reasoning steps.

2. Critical & Analytical Thinking

• Analyze statements and determine whether conclusions logically follow.
• Identify assumptions, contradictions, and inconsistencies.
• Distinguish facts, opinions, and logical conclusions.
• Evaluate simple arguments using evidence.
• Compare different explanations for the same problem.
• Identify sufficient and insufficient information.
• Solve multi-condition reasoning problems.

3. Mathematical Reasoning & Probability

• Solve multi-step mathematical puzzles.
• Apply fractions, ratios, percentages, and proportional reasoning.
• Solve basic probability and chance-based challenges.
• Explore simple combinations and arrangements.
• Use estimation to check whether answers are reasonable.
• Solve simple optimization problems such as shortest route, minimum moves, or maximum outcome.
• Identify mathematical relationships using reasoning as well as calculation.

4. Memory & Information Processing

• Recall longer sequences of numbers, symbols, and visual information.
• Combine information from different memory sets.
• Identify changes within increasingly complex information.
• Complete delayed-recall challenges.
• Follow multiple instructions while maintaining accuracy.
• Use remembered information to solve multi-stage problems.

5. Advanced Spatial Intelligence

• Mentally rotate 2D and 3D objects.
• Analyze simple cube nets and 3D structures.
• Visualize objects from different perspectives.
• Solve reflection, rotation, symmetry, and transformation problems.
• Interpret maps, coordinates, routes, and spatial relationships.
• Determine how an object changes after a sequence of transformations.

6. Computational & Algorithmic Thinking

• Understand algorithms, conditions, loops, variables, and basic logical operators.
• Arrange instructions into a clear and efficient algorithm.
• Trace an algorithm and predict its output.
• Identify and correct logical errors or bugs.
• Compare two simple algorithms and identify which is more efficient.
• Solve grid and maze challenges using algorithmic reasoning.
• Develop step-by-step solutions to unfamiliar problems.

7. Strategy, Planning & Decision Making

• Plan several moves ahead.
• Compare risks, rewards, and possible consequences.
• Choose a suitable strategy from several choices.
• Solve simple resource-management and scheduling challenges.
• Predict possible responses to different actions.
• Modify a strategy when new information becomes available.

8. Creative & Lateral Thinking

• Solve problems using unusual or creative approaches.
• Generate multiple solutions to an open-ended challenge.
• Challenge assumptions and identify hidden possibilities.
• Solve “What if?” scenarios involving changing conditions.
• Connect seemingly unrelated information to develop a solution.
• Compare the strengths and weaknesses of different creative solutions.
• Explain and justify a creative solution using logical reasoning.

9. Investigation & Evidence-Based Reasoning

• Analyze multiple clues to solve a challenging problem.
• Separate useful evidence from weak or misleading information.
• Identify contradictions between pieces of evidence.
• Reconstruct events using timelines and logical relationships.
• Develop simple hypotheses and test them against available information.
• Determine the most reasonable explanation based on evidence.
• Explain the reasoning behind the final conclusion.

10. Data & Information Interpretation

• Read and interpret tables, charts, graphs, and diagrams.
• Identify trends, unusual results, and relationships in data.
• Compare information from multiple sources.
• Draw logical conclusions from numerical information.
• Identify misleading or incomplete representations of data.
• Use evidence to support a conclusion.
• Make simple predictions based on observed patterns.

11. Complex Problem-Solving

• Break a large problem into smaller manageable parts.
• Identify the key information required to solve a problem.
• Develop and test possible solutions.
• Compare different solution methods.
• Identify errors and revise an approach.
• Solve unfamiliar problems using reasoning rather than memorized formulas.
• Explain why a chosen solution is effective.

12. Collaborative Challenge

• Solve multi-stage problems as a team.
• Assign roles according to individual strengths.
• Combine information from different team members.
• Compare different team solutions.
• Make decisions within a reasonable time limit.
• Present and justify the team's reasoning.

Important Note for Participants

The topics and subtopics provided are the main areas of the syllabus. They are not limited to only the examples mentioned.