Mailoo Selvaratnam

Broschiertes Buch

Thinking Strategies for Solving Problems

Beschreibung

Cognitive (thinking) strategies and skills are the "tools" for all types of thinking and problem solving. Competence in them is hence needed for effective learning and problem solving. Research suggests that many learning difficulties of students are due to their not being sufficiently competent in them. This monograph illustrates the use of five important problem solving strategies that would lead to more effective problem solving not only in science courses but also in our daily lives. Lecturers/ instructors/students at high school and tertiary education institutions should find the monograph useful. Since many problems in this monograph do not need science concepts, parts of the monograph may also be used by people without a science background.

Autor

Prof. Selvaratnam has extensive university teaching and research experience. He was a professor at North-West University, South Africa (1985-2014); lecturer / senior lecturer / professor at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1959-1985); and was a visiting professor at the Universities of Akron, USA (1971), Calgary, Canada (1979), East Anglia, UK (1979,1983), and Transkei (1980-1981). Prof. Selvaratnam is the author of many textbooks and has more than a hundred research publications and communications. His research in chemical education focuses on cognitive strategies and skills, problem solving, thinking, and organization of chemical knowledge. He was rated as a core researcher by the South African Foundation for Research Development (FRD) and was awarded the Chemical Education Medal by the South African Chemical Institute in 1995. He is also chartered chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Partridge Africa
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 157g
• ISBN-13: 9781482862768
• ISBN-10: 148286276X
• Artikelnr.: 45322571