Problem-solving strategies for efficient and elegant solutions : a resource for the mathematics teacher

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Problem-solving strategies for efficient and elegant solutions : a resource for the mathematics teacher

Alfred S Posamentier, Stephen Krulik ; foreword by Herbert A. Hauptman

Corwin Press, c1998

  • : pbk.

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Note

Bibliography: p.241-249

Contents of Works

  • Introduction to problem-solving strategies
  • Working backwards
  • Finding a pattern
  • Adopting a different point of view
  • Solving a simpler, analogous problem
  • Considering extreme cases
  • Making a drawing (visual representation)
  • Intelligent guessing and testing (including approximation)
  • Accounting for all possibilities
  • Organizing data
  • Logical reasoning

Details

  • NCID
    BA58229645
  • ISBN
    • 0803966989
  • LCCN
    98019702
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Thousand Oaks, CA
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 249 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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