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Crossing the river with dogs : problem solving for college students / Ken Johnson, Ted Herr and Judy Kysh.

By: Johnson, Ken, 1956- [author].
Contributor(s): Herr, Ted, 1955- [author] | Kysh, Judy, 1940- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA : John Wiley & Sons Incorporated, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Third edition.Description: xiii, 549 pages : illustrations, charts, photographs ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781119275091 (paperback); 1119275091 (paperback).Subject(s): Mathematics -- Study and teaching | Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc | Problem SolvingDDC classification: 510
Contents:
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 in more ways -- Change focus in more ways -- Visualize spatial relationships.
Summary: This book promotes the philosophy that students learn best by working in groups and the skills required for real workplace problem solving are those skills of collaboration. The text aims to improve students' writing, oral communication, and collaboration skills while teaching mathematical problem-solving strategies. Focusing entirely on problem solving and using issues relevant to college students for examples, the authors continue their approach of explaining classic as well as non-traditional strategies through dialogs among fictitious students
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 510 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Cork Module PLAC6021-Recommended reading. MTU Cork Module PLAC7030-Recommended reading. 00215176
Total holds: 0

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Crossing the River with Dogs: Problem Solving for College Students, 3rd Edition promotes the philosophy that students learn best by working in groups and the skills required for real workplace problem solving are those skills of collaboration. The text aims to improve students' writing, oral communication, and collaboration skills while teaching mathematical problem-solving strategies. Focusing entirely on problem solving and using issues relevant to college students for examples, the authors continue their approach of explaining classic as well as non-traditional strategies through dialogs among fictitious students. This text is appropriate for a problem solving, quantitative reasoning, liberal arts mathematics, mathematics for elementary teachers, or developmental mathematics course.

Includes bibliographic references and index

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 in more ways -- Change focus in more ways -- Visualize spatial relationships.

This book promotes the philosophy that students learn best by working in groups and the skills required for real workplace problem solving are those skills of collaboration. The text aims to improve students' writing, oral communication, and collaboration skills while teaching mathematical problem-solving strategies. Focusing entirely on problem solving and using issues relevant to college students for examples, the authors continue their approach of explaining classic as well as non-traditional strategies through dialogs among fictitious students

MTU Cork Module PLAC6021- Recommended reading.

MTU Cork Module PLAC7030 - Recommended reading.