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ERIC Number: EJ464694
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Don't Give Up?
Kraus, William H.
Mathematics Teacher, v86 n2 p110-12 Feb 1993
Presents three problems that help students develop a repertoire of heuristics and persistence in problem solving: the water-jug problem; the missionaries-and-cannibals problem; and the census-taker problem. Discusses methods to encourage students to persist. (MDH)
Descriptors: Heuristics, Learning Strategies, Logical Thinking, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Persistence, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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