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Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning

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 Learn...

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Main Authors: Meyer III, Edwin F. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Falkner, Nickolas. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sooriamurthi, Raja. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Michalewicz, Zbigniew. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
Subjects:
Education—Data processing.
Science education.
Teaching.
Computers and Education.
Science Education.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6476-0
Table of Contents:
  • 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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