This is the list of strategies from which to pick for writing up the "Strategy" section of POWs. Notice that strategies are different from tools like arithmetic and calculators. These strategies, of course, may be useful in many other situations besides POWs.
PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES
- Make an organized list or table
- Use logical reasoning
- Solve a simpler or similar problem (or break into simpler problems or steps)
- Identify too much or too little information (eliminate unnecessary information)
- Look for a pattern
- Make a model or use objects
- Work backwards
- Draw a picture or diagram
- Guess and check
- Simulate a problem (or act it out)
- Use multiple strategies
- Write an equation
Author: John Healy email: <Room423@aol.com>
Last Updated: Tue, Sep 2, 1997 6:28 PM PST