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The first step I tell all my students in problem solving is first to =
read the question. You'd be amazed or maybe not that most don't do t=
hat. I then ask them to look and make sure they know what all the wo=
rds in the problem mean. If you don't know what a word is, that does=
n't mean you should skip it and think it is unimportant.
Tina
d asConventional problem solving as put forth in many books is explaine=
finding the correct formula and then plugging in. This is a big mist=
ake.
Expert problem solvers first go through a process of looking at the p=
hysical
situation, making drawings, diagram ... and the last step might be us=
ing a
memorized equation. <<<
Tina Fanetti
Physics Instructor
Western Iowa Technical Community College
4647 Stone Ave
Sioux City IA 51102
712-274-8733 ext 1429