Author Description

Appropriate for Problem Solving courses throughout all disciplines. May also be used in Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers and Liberal Arts Mathematics courses. A physics professor, science and mathematics columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune, and author of two trade books of mathematical puzzles and problem solving, R.R. Kadesch has spent the past several years developing a Liberal Education course entitled "Problem Solving Across the Disciplines." This text, which is based on his course, approaches problem-solving as an important subject in its own right, emphasizing problem-solving strategies that unify learning rather than compartmentalize it. Problem-solving strategies are also shown to relate to all disciplines.