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Autore: | Meyer III Edwin F |
Titolo: | Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning / / by Edwin F. Meyer III, Nickolas Falkner, Raja Sooriamurthi, Zbigniew Michalewicz |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : Springer London : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2014. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (XVI, 345 p. 117 illus., 19 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina: | 370.1524 |
Soggetto topico: | Education - Data processing |
Science - Study and teaching | |
Teachers - Training of | |
Computers and Education | |
Science Education | |
Teaching and Teacher Education | |
Persona (resp. second.): | FalknerNickolas |
SooriamurthiRaja | |
MichalewiczZbigniew | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning |
ISBN: | 1-4471-6476-8 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910298973303321 |
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