Teaching puzzle-based learning

dc.contributor.authorFalkner, Nickolas
dc.contributor.authorSooriamurthi, Raja
dc.contributor.authorMichalewicz, Zbigniew
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-04T09:46:42Z
dc.date.available2024-09-04T09:46:42Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-01
dc.description.abstractWhile computer science and engineering students are trained to recognise familiar problems with known solutions, they may not be sufficiently prepared to address novel real-world problems. A successful computer science graduate does far more than just program and we must train our students to reach the required levels of analytical and computational thinking, rather than hoping that it will just 'develop'. As a step in this direction, we have created and experimented with a new first-year level course, Puzzle-based Learning (PBL), that is aimed at getting students to think about how to frame and solve unstructured problems. The pedagogical goal is increase students' mathematical awareness and general problem solving skills by employing puzzles, which are educational, engaging, and thought provoking. We share our experiences in teaching such a course – apart from a brief discussion on our pedagogical objectives, we concentrate on discussing the presented material which covers (in two lectures) just one selected topic (pattern recognition). In this paper we present the ideas behind foundations for PBL and the material of the first of two lectures on pattern recognition, in which we address core concepts and provide students with sufficient exemplars to illustrate the main points.en
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dc.identifier.citationTeaching Mathematics and Computer Science, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2012) , 183-204
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2012.0303
dc.identifier.eissn2676-8364
dc.identifier.issn1589-7389
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.jatitleTeach. Math. Comp. Sci.
dc.identifier.jtitleTeaching Mathematics and Computer Science
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/379722
dc.identifier.volume10
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/tmcs/article/view/14912
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerNickolas Falkner, Raja Sooriamurthi and Zbigniew Michalewicz
dc.subjectpuzzle-baseden
dc.subjectcomputational thinkingen
dc.subjectproblem-baseden
dc.titleTeaching puzzle-based learningen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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