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ERIC Number: EJ500122
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Sherlock Holmes, Master Problem Solver.
Ballew, Hunter
Mathematics Teacher, v87 n8 p596-601 Nov 1994
Shows the connections between Sherlock Holmes's investigative methods and mathematical problem solving, including observations, characteristics of the problem solver, importance of data, questioning the obvious, learning from experience, learning from errors, and indirect proof. (MKR)
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Proof (Mathematics), Secondary Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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