Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning

• Main Authors: Meyer III, Edwin F. (Author), Falkner, Nickolas (Author), Sooriamurthi, Raja (Author), Michalewicz, Zbigniew (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Education > Data processing.; Science education.; Teaching.; Computer Science.; Computers and Education.; Science Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

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...

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.