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