Problem Solving & Comprehension

✍ Scribed by Arthur Whimbey, Jack Lochhead, Ronald Narode

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 441
• Edition: 7
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and comprehend what they read using the Think Aloud Pair Problem Solving [TAPPS] method. First it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then it provides practice in applying this method to a variety of comprehension and reasoning questions, presented in easy-to-follow steps. As students work through the book they will see a steady improvement in their analytical thinking skills and become smarter, more effective, and more confident problem solvers. Not only can using the TAPPS method assist students in achieving higher scores on tests commonly used for college and job selection, it teaches that problem solving can be fun and social, and that intelligence can be taught.

Changes in the Seventh Edition: New chapter on "open-ended" problem solving that includes inductive and deductive reasoning; extended recommendations to teachers, parents, and tutors about how to use TAPPS instructionally; Companion Website with PowerPoint slides, reading lists with links, and additional problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface to the Seventh Edition......Page 10
Preface to the Sixth Edition......Page 12
1. Test Your Mind—See How It Works......Page 16
2. Errors in Reasoning......Page 26
3. Problem-Solving Methods......Page 36
4. Verbal Reasoning Problems......Page 58
5. Six Myths About Reading......Page 154
6 Analogies......Page 158
7. Writing Relationship Sentences......Page 172
8. How to Form Analogies......Page 188
9. Analysis of Trends and Patterns......Page 210
10. Deductive and Hypothetical Thinking Through Days of the Week......Page 238
11. Solving Mathematical Word Problems......Page 256
12. Open-Ended Problem Solving......Page 350
13. The Post-WASI Test......Page 371
14. Meeting Academic and Workplace Standards: How This Book Can Help......Page 379
15. How to Use Pair Problem Solving: Advice for Teachers, Parents, Tutors, and Helpers of All Sorts......Page 398
Appendix 1. Answer Key......Page 415
Appendix 2. Compute Your Own IQ......Page 435
References......Page 436