Math puzzles, powerful ideas, algorithms and computer in teaching problem solving



Título del documento: Math puzzles, powerful ideas, algorithms and computer in teaching problem solving
Revista: Journal of applied research and technology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000224013
ISSN: 1665-6423
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ingeniería, México, Distrito Federal. México
Año:
Periodo: Oct
Volumen: 1
Número: 3
Paginación: 215-234
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Aplicado
Resumen en inglés With the current interest in teaching problem-solving, it is important that the example problems that are presented to students have important educational value. Many mathematical puzzles, while requiring little specific background to be posed and remembered, are paradigms of important practical problems. If the teacher chooses the right puzzles, he/she not only will have motivated the student's interest, but will also have the opportunity of teaching powerful ideas that can be applied in a multitude of similar problems. Moreover the teacher will also be able to teach the corresponding solution algorithms and the way computers can be used as tools in problem-solving. The article presents these topics through an extensive example based on a well-known, apparently simple, wine-pouring puzzle that is intimately related to the concepts of state, shortest-routes and many management, engineering and industrial problems
Disciplinas: Ciencias de la computación,
Educación
Palabras clave: Didáctica,
Acertijos matemáticos,
Algoritmos,
Recursividad,
Rutas
Keyword: Computer science,
Education,
Didactics,
Puzzles,
Algorithms,
Recursion,
Routes
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