Problem Solving

Catalog description

This course focuses on the development of problem solving skills, strategies and heuristics. Within this problem-solving context, the mathematical areas of number theory and functions, sets and logic, and combinatorics and probability are explored. Individual and group problem tasks will permit students to observe, analyze and contrast problem-solving strategies and attitudes. Each student will keep a learning log noting insights into their own problem-solving ability and written explanations to problem solutions are expected.