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Math in Context
NCA Mathematics Resources
Need new ideas? Check out what is
happening at BHS with this goal.
GOAL: All students will increase their
skills in applying math in a variety of curricular contexts.
2006-2007 NCA Math Inservice Opportunity
PROBLEM
SOLVING BOOKLET (WORD document)
Problem Solving Worksheet (WORD document) - use this form to submit your solutions on..
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Month |
Problem Solving Strategy with
PowerPoint Lesson |
Month |
Problem Solving Strategy with
PowerPoint Lesson |
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PowerPoint:
Draw a Diagram/Picture
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JAN. |
PowerPoint:
Unit Analysis
Problems:
Toni's Trip, Gas Consumption, and/or Leaky Faucet (pages 21
and 22)
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| OCT. |
PowerPoint:
Make a Systematic List
Problems: Tennis Tournament, Apartment Hunting, and/or
Archery Contest (pages 9 and 10)PowerPoint:
Eliminate Possibilities
Problems:
Downtown Deli, the Conspirators' Code, and/or Letter
from College (pages 11 and 12)
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FEB. |
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| NOV. |
PowerPoint:
Use Matrix Logic
Problems:
Cabinet members, Ecology Experts, and/or the Barbecue
(pages 13 and 14)PowerPoint:
Look for a Pattern
Problems:
Email Virus and/or Free Internet (pages 15 and
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MARCH |
PowerPoint:
Work Backwards
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| DEC. |
PowerPoint:
Guess and Check
Problems:
Cascade Park Waterfall, Refinancing, and/or Cell Phone Plans
(pages 17 and 18)PowerPoint: Identify
Sub-Problems
Problems:
ISU Bookstore, The Car Bargain, and/or Test Average
(pages 19 and 20)
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APRIL |
PowerPoint:
Convert to Algebra or Find a Formula
Problems:
Championship Game, Interest, and/or Ticket Price
Increase (page 31)
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submit all solutions to
NCAMath@district87.org
Check back for more information on the
February, 2007 Math Poster Contest!
Works Cited:
Problem Solving Resources-
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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon, The Development of
Intelligence in Children, trans. E. S. Kite (Baltimore: Williams
& Wilkins, 1916), p. 140.
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Carpenter, Patricia A., Marcel Adam Just, and Peter
Shell, "What One Intelligence Test Measures: A Theoretical Account
of the Processing in the Raven Progressive Matrices Test,"
Psychological Review, vol. 97, 1990, pp. 404-31.
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Dewey, John, How We Think: A Restatement of the
Relation of Reflective Thinking to the Educative Process
(Boston: Heath, 1933), p. 16.
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Johnson, Ken, Ted Herr, Judy Kysh, 2004, Crossing the
River with Dogs: Problem Solving for College Students, Key
College Publishing, Emeryville, CA
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Herbert A. Simon, The Sciences of the Artificial
(Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1981).
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Herbert A. Simon, "Problem Solving and Education:' in
David T. Tuma and Frederick Reif, eds., Problem Solving and
Education: Issues in Teaching and Research (Hillsdale, N.J.:
Erlbaum, 1980), pp. 81-96.
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Larkin, Jill H. and Herbert A. Simon, "Why a Diagram Is
(Sometimes) Worth Ten Thousand Words," Cognitive Science,
vol. 11, 1987, pp. 65-99.
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Learning
Connection, University of South Australia,
http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/student/counselling/problemsolving.asp
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Lindblom, Charles E., "The Science of Muddling Through"
Public Administration Review, vol. 19, 1959, pp. 79-88.
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Martinez, Michael E., What is Problem Solving?
http://www.gse.uci.edu/faculty/michael_problemSolving.php viewed
9 August, 2006
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Polya, George, How to Solve It, 2nd ed. (Garden City,
N.Y.: Doubleday, 1957).
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Reif, Fred and Joan I. Heller, "Knowledge Structure and
Problem Solving in Physics," Educational Psychologist, vol.
17, 1982, pp. 102-27.
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Robson, M 2002,
Problem solving in groups,
Gower, Aldershot.
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University of South
Australia 2005, ‘Graduate
Qualities’, viewed 14 December, 2005
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University
of South Australia 1999,
Graduate Qualities Leaflet No. 3, viewed 14 December, 2005
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Vertigo Interactive
Design, 2002, ‘Problem solving’, viewed 14 December 2005,
http://www.vis-it.com/application.asp#problem.
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Wilson , G 1993,
Problem solving and decision making, Kogan Page, London.
More Resources
This website is brought to you by the 2006-2007 NCA Math Committee at BHS (M. Anderson,
M. Cabaj, S. Clapp, D. Duff, M. Gebhard, S. Hoeft,
S. McDowell, D. Moore, K. Smith, T. Thakral, S. Yeomans, N. Powell, and C. Helmers).
For questions, comments, and/or to add more information to this
page
email: Nancy Powell, chair
This site was last updated on
09/11/2006
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