TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meyer III,Edwin F.
AU  - Falkner,Nickolas
AU  - Sooriamurthi,Raja
AU  - Michalewicz,Zbigniew
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning
T2  - Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
SN  - 9781447164760
AV  - LB1028.43-1028.75 
U1  - 374.26 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Springer London, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Computer Science
KW  - education
KW  - Science
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Computers and Education
KW  - Science Education
KW  - Teaching and Teacher Education
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6476-0
ER  -