Crossing the River with Dogs

Problem Solving for College Students
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-931914-14-7
Verlag: Key College Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 490 Seiten

Students who often complain when faced with challenging word problems will be engaged as they acquire essential problem solving skills that are applicable beyond the math classroom. The authors of Crossing the River with Dogs: Problem Solving for College Students:

- Use the popular approach of explaining strategies through dialogs from fictitious students

- Present all the classic and numerous non-traditional problem solving strategies (from drawing diagrams to matrix logic, and finite differences)

- Provide a text suitable for students in quantitative reasoning, developmental mathematics, mathematics education, and all courses in between

- Challenge students with interesting, yet concise problem sets that include classic problems at the end of each chapter

With Crossing the River with Dogs, students will enjoy reading their text and will take with them skills they will use for a lifetime.

Zielgruppe

Secondary and higher education students, in-service and pre-service mathematics teachers/educators

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Ken

Herr, Ted

Kysh, Judy

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Populäre Darstellungen der Mathematik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Grundlagen der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Draw a Diagram.- Make a Systematic List.- Eliminate Possibilities.- Use Matrix Logic.- Look for a Pattern.- Guess-and-Check.- Identify Subproblems.- Analyze the Units.- Solve an Easier Related Problem.- Create a Physical Representation.- Work Backwards.- Draw Venn Diagrams.- Convert to Algebra.- Evaluate Finite Differences.- Organize Information.- Change Focus.- Visualize Spatial Relationships.