Structured Problem Solving

Student Performance Objectives:

• The teacher candidate will accurately describe structured problem solving strategies.
• The teacher candidate will explain the meaning of context-rich problem solving and provide an example.
• The teacher candidate will describe the metacognitive approach to problem solving.
• The teacher candidate will describe how to use the metacognitive approach to help move students from novice to expert problem solvers.
• The teacher candidate will accurately distinguish characteristics of expert and novice problem solvers in kinematics.
• The teacher candidate will accurately describe appropriate "black board" procedures for recitation.
  

PHY 311 Course Syllabus

Black Board Procedures for Problem Solving (PowerPoint Presentation)

A Framework for Problem Solving (PowerPoint Presentation)

A Logical Problem Solving Strategy

Structured PS Summary and Template (PDF)

Cooperative Group Problem Solving in Physics

A Multiple Case Study of Novice and Expert Problem Solving in Kinematics with Implications for Physics Teacher Preparation (PDF)

An Equation Finder for Kinematics

See also Overview, case study physics. Alan Van Heuvelen, Am. J. Phys. 59(10), 898-906. (Oct. 1991)

(takes you off site to the University of Minnesota Physics Education Research Group)

Context-Rich Problem Solving (takes you off site to the University of Minnesota Physics Education Research Group)

 

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