Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

Meyer III, Edwin F.; Falkner, Nickolas; Sooriamurthi, Raja; Michalewicz, Zbigniew

This book provides 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. 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 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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2014-08-04

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781447164753

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-6476-0

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 345