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Crossing the River with Dogs: Problem Solving for College Students, 3rd Edition promotes the philosophy that students learn best by working in groups and the skills required for real workplace problem solving are those skills of collaboration. The text aims to improve students’ writing, oral communication, and collaboration skills while teaching mathematical problem-solving strategies. Focusing entirely on problem solving and using issues relevant to college students for examples, the authors continue their approach of explaining classic as well as non-traditional strategies through dialogs among fictitious students. This text is appropriate for a problem solving, quantitative reasoning, liberal arts mathematics, mathematics for elementary teachers, or developmental mathematics course.

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Author:   Ken Johnson (Sierra College) ,  Ted Herr (Roseville High School in Roseville, California) ,  Judy Kysh (San Francisco State University)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.862kg
ISBN:  

9781119275091

ISBN 10:   1119275091
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   02 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Preface vii Instructor Resources x Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 Draw a Diagram 11 2 Make a Systematic List 27 3 Eliminate Possibilities 47 4 Use Matrix Logic 73 5 Look for a Pattern 115 6 Guess and Check 145 7 Identify Subproblems 175 8 Analyze the Units 199 9 Solve an Easier Related Problem 233 10 Create a Physical Representation 267 11 Work Backwards 297 12 Draw Venn Diagrams 323 13 Convert to Algebra 351 14 Evaluate Finite Differences 383 15 Organize Information in More Ways 417 16 Change Focus in More Ways 447 17 Visualize Spatial Relationships 473 Appendix 503 Unit Analysis Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Fractions Area and Volume Formulas Properties of Triangles Properties of Numbers Glossary 511 Bibliography 519 Index of Problem Titles 521 General Index 529 Photo Credits 539 Answers to More Practice Problems 541

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