Problem Solving
The books EDUFY tutors use for Problem Solving, why they chose them, free resources and the tutors who teach it.
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About this subject
Problem solving is what you do when you meet a question you have not seen before and there is no worked example to copy. It is at the heart of maths and science, but also of programming, competitions and many entrance tests. Students who are good at it are rarely faster calculators. They have simply learnt to slow down, understand what is being asked, try a simpler case and keep going when the first idea fails. Like any skill, it grows with practice on problems that are just a little beyond what you can already do.
The books here turn that into steps you can learn: understand the problem, make a plan, carry it out and look back at what worked. They are full of puzzles and worked thinking rather than formulas, so they suit curious readers at many levels. A tutor can give you problems at the right difficulty, ask the questions that unlock your next step instead of giving the answer, and help you build the patience that hard problems need.
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Open Textbook Library University of Minnesota
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