Engaging students in Complex Problem Solving

students should be problem solvers

academic exercises vs complex exercises

Exercises vs Problems

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Acquiring Foundational Knowledge and Skills to Support Problem-Solving Activities

Some students are different in classes

GAME PLAN

Educational games

Game boards

Incorporating Design and Computational Thinking to Address Complex, Real-World Problems

Students of all ages can benefit from real world problems

Techniques and technology help students for problem solving content

Design Thinking

Computational Thinking

"a method of problem solving that relies on a complex set of skills, processes, and mindsets that help people generate novel solutions to problems"

Innovation solutions

Soft or process

Maker movement

Journeys map

Strategies for Teaching Problem Solving

First step: Identify the elements of the problem

Step two: conduct research to gather more info.

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Identify the problem.

Define the problem.

Explore alternative solutions.

Apply solutions.

Look at effects of solutions.

Engage students in problem solving

comprises a type of analytical thinking

can be used in science, engineering, journalism, and gaming

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Generalizing and transferring this problem-solving process to a wide variety of problems

Identifying, analyzing, and implementing possible solutions with the goal of achieving the most efficient and effective combination of steps and resources

Automating solutions through algorithmic thinking (a series of ordered steps)

Representing data through abstractions such as models and simulations

Logically organizing and analyzing data

Formulating problems in a way that enables us to use a computer and other tools to help solve them

graphic organizers

Concept maps