Questions tagged [problem-solving]
For questions related to creating, categorizing and identifying appropriate problems as well as the benefits of problem solving and related pedagogy including motivation.
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Having students assess what problems they're ready for
Does anyone have experience with giving students a collection of problems where they have to assess which ones they have the knowledge to solve?
I was exploring the connection between video games and ...
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Problem of the Week for College Students
Trinity's Problem of the Week and Purdue's Problem of the Week were both weekly problems that were excellent for college math clubs to tangle with at their weekly meetings. However, both of them are ...
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What will happen if someone doesn’t make it to the IMO team?
I am highly interested in mathematics, and solving Olympiad maths problems has been a type of hobby for me. But due to my age, I will never be able to give the olympiads a go again. I want to know ...
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Why do problems should be solved by pen and paper before coding? [closed]
I heard that before you can handle data automatically, you have to know how to handle it manually.
Why is it impossible to find a problem and build some machine learning algorithm to find a proper ...
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Theory-practice order vs practice-theory
I heard that there were some studies on what is the best order for teaching math. But I cannot find any papers (probably my English is too poor to google this paper correctly).
As I heard idea was: ...
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On doing scientific research [closed]
What I want to ask is: can I use the results of others when doing scientific research, whether it is math, physics or other science, without trying to prove them myself or try to verify them? For ...
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Learning, exams, math degree
I have only passed the one fourth of my courses so far, which means like one year of the maths undergraduate studies. I live in a different place from where the university i study at is and try to ...
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Quality of a solution in mathematics
How can you determine a quality of a solution for a mathematics problem in general ?
If you try to explain too much then solution becomes bit longer and it takes time to go through causing less ...
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What are some ways that one can progress from stage 2 to stage 3 of the rigor stages that Terry Tao has described?
Terry Tao describes 3 stages of one's mathematics education on his web blog.
1: Pre-rigorous
2: Rigorous
3. Post-rigorous
I know how one can progress from stage 1 to stage 2 (this simply can be done ...
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Problem solving or question answering
What can be the most appropriate way of asking , Solve the problem or answer the question ?
As common usage in examinations we have question papers for all subjects. Therefore like in other subjects ...
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Problem solving and independent scientific research [closed]
Is analogy a way to solve problems when doing research in math and physics? Is it very important?How important is it? Could i do independent scientific research on some open problems perhaps having ...
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Is applying maths a 'hard problem' and how does the profession help?
Question: Is there such a thing as an Applied Maths profession?
In my engineering experience we were often at a loss as to which mathematical approach to take, and there seemed no obvious way to find ...
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Problem solving approach to learning and psychology
I try to have a problem solving approach to learning math. What i mean by this is if someone sets some questions or problems regarding the material i am reading how should i answer or what questions ...
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Math outside of undergraduate studies and proofs
I read sometimes mathematical works of others outside my undergraduate studies. I think i can not follow the understanding of the proofs of theorems sometimes. What should i do? Should i read other ...
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Doctorate and examples of difficult solved problems
Okay. My questions are: How do some people do doctorates in mathematics and spend so much time like three to six years trying to answer one or two open problems? How do they have the patience, ...
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