04583nam 22007095 450 991029897330332120230810133746.01-4471-6476-810.1007/978-1-4471-6476-0(CKB)3710000000212051(DE-He213)978-1-4471-6476-0(SSID)ssj0001295517(PQKBManifestationID)11848340(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001295517(PQKBWorkID)11343110(PQKB)11443507(MiAaPQ)EBC6312041(MiAaPQ)EBC5587768(Au-PeEL)EBL5587768(OCoLC)885337785(PPN)179927221(EXLCZ)99371000000021205120140723d2014 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGuide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning /by Edwin F. Meyer III, Nickolas Falkner, Raja Sooriamurthi, Zbigniew Michalewicz1st ed. 2014.London :Springer London :Imprint: Springer,2014.1 online resource (XVI, 345 p. 117 illus., 19 illus. in color.) Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,2197-1781Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4471-6475-X Part I: Motivation and Teaching -- Motivation -- Getting Started -- Icebreakers -- Effective Teaching Approaches -- Part II: Tools, Tips and Strategies -- Understand the Problem -- Reasoning: Logic and Reasoning Backwards -- Pattern Recognition -- Enumerate and Eliminate -- Simplify! -- Perform a Gedanken: “What If?” and “So What?” -- Simulation and Optimization -- Part III: Challenges -- Probabilistic Reasoning -- Logical Reasoning -- Geometric Reasoning -- Grand Challenges -- Summary -- List of Puzzles.Puzzle-based Learning is a foundational approach to develop the critical thinking skills and mental stamina essential for solving real-world problems. This Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning provides invaluable insights drawn from the authors’ extensive experience in teaching Puzzle-based Learning. Practical advice is provided for teachers and lecturers evaluating a range of different formats for varying class sizes, based on results from classes taught in many different countries. Topics and features: Suggests numerous entertaining puzzles designed to motivate students to think about framing and solving unstructured problems Discusses models for student engagement, setting up puzzle clubs, hosting a puzzle competition, and various warm-up activities Presents an overview of effective teaching approaches used in Puzzle-based Learning, covering a variety of class activities, assignment settings and assessment strategies Examines the issues involved in framing a problem, and reviews a range of problem-solving strategies Contains tips for teachers and notes on common student pitfalls throughout the text Provides a collection of puzzle sets for use during a Puzzle-based Learning event, including puzzles that require probabilistic reasoning, and logic and geometry puzzles This unique textbook/guide will be of great interest to instructors on all levels who wish to experiment with the Puzzle-based Learning approach. This approach has been successfully applied in universities, high schools, professional organizations and leading companies.Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,2197-1781EducationData processingScienceStudy and teachingTeachersTraining ofComputers and EducationScience EducationTeaching and Teacher EducationEducationData processing.ScienceStudy and teaching.TeachersTraining of.Computers and Education.Science Education.Teaching and Teacher Education.370.1524Meyer III Edwin Fauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut987267Falkner Nickolasauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autSooriamurthi Rajaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMichalewicz Zbigniewauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910298973303321Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning2256442UNINA