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The Art of Problem Solving

A Resource for the Mathematics Teacher
As a mathematics teacher, you know how hard it can be for students to understand and solve mathematics problems. The old ways of solving problems don't always work. Even the most innovative teachers need some fresh ideas to make mathematics something students comprehend and enjoy.

In The Art of Problem Solving the contributors look at the problem solving in a completely new light. The result is an enticing, entertaining and useful resource.

Mathematics professionals from all over the world offer their personal favorite strategies for problem solving - the practical and theoretical, straightforward and colourful. The chapters are independent of each other, and the editors encourage you to use the chapters in whatever order suits your needs.

With 20 diverse and diverting chapters on ways to solve problems, this book is an invalauble resource for teachers of mathematics.

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  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9780803963627
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 1995
  • Page Count: 480
  • Publication date: December 04, 1995

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Description

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As a mathematics teacher, you know how hard it can be for your students to understand and solve math problems. The old ways of problem solving don't always work. Even the most innovative teachers need some fresh ideas to make mathematics something students comprehend and enjoy. Problem solving is the main theme of this new, idea-filled handbook. The chapter authors look at the subject in a completely new light, and the result is an enticing, entertaining, and useful resource. The editors of this guidebook present a host of interesting ideas that range from practical to theoretical, from common to glitzy, that you can adapt for use in your classroom. With margin notes identifying subject matter and strategy type, this book is as easy to read as it is valuable. Full of important ideas on: * Interest grabbers * The pigeonhole approach * Combinatorics, or counting without really counting * Symmetry * Graph theory * Using game strategies Mathematics professionals from all over the world bring you their personal favorite strategies for problem solving. The chapters are independent of each other, and the editors encourage you to use the chapters in whatever order suits your needs. If you have ever despaired of making mathematics into a favorite subject for yourself and your class, this is the book you need. These passionate professionals give you new insight into the art of problem solving.
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Alfred S. Posamentier

Alfred S. Posamentier is professor of mathematics education and dean of the School of Education at the City College of the City University of New York. He has authored and co-authored several resource books in mathematics education for Corwin Press.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Strategies for Problem Exploration

Unconventional Problem-Solving Strategies in Mathematics Instruction

Interest Grabbers

Exciting Motivational Problems with Punch and Personality

Check the Answer, Please!

The Logic of Error

Trial and Success

Reduce, Expand, and Look for a Pattern

A Pigeonhole Principle for Problem Solving

Handling, Seeing, and Thinking Experiences in Mathematics

Problem Solving as a Continuous Principle for Teaching

Suggestions and Examples

Another View of Combinatorics (or Counting without Really Counting)

Problem Solving by the Use of Functions

Symmetry Saves the Solution

An Application of Congruence Transformations in Problem Solving

Graph Theory

Tools to Solve Mathematical Problems

A Different Solution for Problems with Extreme Values

A Didactic Journey into the World of Jakob Steiner's Ideas

The Problem of the Duplication of a Cube

Solving Mathematical Problems Using Game Strategies

Cooperative Learning Approaches to Mathematical Problem Solving

Problem Solving and the Mathematically Gifted Student

A Psychological Perspective


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