Arthur Whimbey, Jack Lochhead, Ron Narode

Problem Solving & Comprehension (eBook, ePUB)

A Short Course in Analytical Reasoning

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and to comprehend what they read. First, it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then, it provides practice in applying these methods to a variety of comprehension and reasoning questions. Books on the improvement of thinking processes have tended to be complicated and less than useful, but the authors of this renowned text emphasize a simple but effective approach. The "e;Whimbey Method"e; of teaching problem solving is now recognized as an invaluable means of teaching people to think. Problems are followed by their solutions, presented in easy-to-follow steps. This feature permits students to work without supervision, outside the classroom. As students work through the book they will see a steady improvement in their analytical thinking skills, and will develop confidence in their ability to solve problems--on tests; in academic courses; and in any occupations that involve analyzing, untangling, or comprehending knotty ideas. By helping students to become better problem solvers, this book can assist students in achieving higher scores on tests commonly used for college and job selection, such as: * Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) * Graduate Record Examination (GRE) * ACT Work Keys * Terra Nova * Law School Admission Test (LSAT) * Wonderlic Personnel Test * United States Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery * Civil Service Examination New in the 6th edition: A totally new chapter--"e;Meeting Academic and Workplace Standards: How This Book Can Help"e;--describes changes in the educational system in the past 20 years and shows how the techniques taught in this book relate to the new educational standards and tests. Changes throughout the book reflect current educational and social realities: the names of some characters have been changed to represent more accurately the cross-section of students attending today's schools; dates in some problems have been changed; in other problems the technology referred to has been updated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135706173
• Artikelnr.: 38264900

Autorenporträt

Arthur Whimbey (deceased), a pioneer in the thinking skills movement, was a textbook author, consultant, and outstanding instructional designer whose creed from the 1960s was that intelligence can be taught. Dr. Whimbey was a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis, director of the TRAC Institute, on the staff of The New School for the Learning Sciences. Jack Lochhead, an active innovator, developer and researcher in the field of Cognitive Process Instruction, is Founding Director of DeLiberate Thinking, a company dedicated to helping schools, public agencies and private business develop instructional programs in the basic cognitive skills and was director of the Science Center at TERC in Cambridge, MA. He has had teaching positions at the University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, Harvard University and the University of the Western Cape. Ron Narode (deceased), is Associate Professor of Mathematics and Science Teacher Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Portland State University Graduate School of Education. Previously he taught at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and at the Universidad do Minho in Portugal during a Fulbright Professorship.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Seventh Edition Preface to the Sixth Edition 1. Test Your
Mind-See How It Works
2. Errors in Reasoning 3. Problem-Solving Methods 4. Verbal Reasoning
Problems 5. Six Myths About Reading 6 Analogies 7. Writing Relationship
Sentences 8. How to Form Analogies 9. Analysis of Trends and Patterns 10.
Deductive and Hypothetical Thinking Through Days of the Week 11. Solving
Mathematical Word Problems 12. Open Ended Problem Solving 13. The Post-WASI
Test 14. Meeting Academic and Workplace Standards: How This Book Can Help
15. How to Use Pair Problem Solving: Advice for Teachers, Parents, Tutors,
and Helpers of All Sorts Appendix I. Answer Key Appendix II. Compute Your
Own IQ References