Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning (Record no. 55611)

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ISBN 9781447164760
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Call Number 374.26
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Author Meyer III, Edwin F.
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Title Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning
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Number of Pages XVI, 345 p. 117 illus., 19 illus. in color.
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Series statement Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
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Remark 2 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.
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Summary, etc 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.
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General subdivision Data processing.
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Author 2 Falkner, Nickolas.
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Author 2 Sooriamurthi, Raja.
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Author 2 Michalewicz, Zbigniew.
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6476-0
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-- Computer science.
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-- Education
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-- Science education.
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-- Teaching.
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-- Computer Science.
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-- Computers and Education.
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-- Science Education.
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-- Teaching and Teacher Education.
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