How to Solve a Problem - Insights for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Success in College

This concise and accessible resource offers new college students, especially those in science degree programs, guidance on engaging successfully with the classroom experience and skillfully tackling technical or scientific questions

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. On Encountering a Problem. 2. The Logic of the Problem: Good Thinking and its Rewards. 3. Solutions in words: Answering Short Answer Question. 4. Making Textbooks Pay 5. Solutions in Numbers: Basic Mathematical Procedures. 6. Practical Solutions: Science in the Laboratory. 7. Spreading the Word. 8. Persisting Against Problems.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kelling J. Donald is a professor of Chemistry, and currently Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences, and an Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Science at the University of Richmond (UR). A theoretical chemist by training, he teaches students across the undergraduate Chemistry curriculum, in Introductory and Physical Chemistry courses, and mentors undergraduates in research, employing theoretical and computational approaches to solve chemical problems. Among other acknowledgments of his work with undergraduates, he has received the Distinguished Educator award from UR and the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. Born in Jamaica, he lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Zusammenfassung

This concise and accessible resource offers new college students, especially those in science degree programs, guidance on engaging successfully with the classroom experience and skillfully tackling technical or scientific questions

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kelling J. Donald, Kelling J. (University of Richmond Donald
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032203683
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220368-3
• Seiten: 132
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), EDUCATION / Study Skills, EDUCATION / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, chemistry, Physics, Teaching skills and techniques, Study & learning skills: general, Teaching skills & techniques, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Study and learning skills: general