Problem Solving & Comprehension : a Short Course in Analytical Reasoning

✍ Scribed by Lochhead, Jack; Narode, Ronald; Whimbey, Arthur

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 400
• Edition: 6th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and to comprehend what they read. First, it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then, it provides practice in applying these methods to a variety of comprehension and reasoning questions. Books on the improvement of thinking processes have tended to be complicated and less than useful, but the authors of this renowned text emphasize a simple but effective approach. The ""Whimbey Method"" of teaching problem solving is now recognized as an invaluable means o.  Read more...

Abstract: This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and to comprehend what they read. First, it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then, it provides practice in applying these methods to a variety of comprehension and reasoning questions. Books on the improvement of thinking processes have tended to be complicated and less than useful, but the authors of this renowned text emphasize a simple but effective approach. The ""Whimbey Method"" of teaching problem solving is now recognized as an invaluable means o

✦ Table of Contents

Content: BOOK COVER
TITLE
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. TEST YOUR MIND-SEE HOW IT WORKS
II. ERRORS IN REASONING
III. PROBLEM-SOLVING METHODS
IV. VERBAL REASONING PROBLEMS
V. SIX MYTHS ABOUT READING
VI. ANALOGIES
VII. WRITING RELATIONSHIP SENTENCES
VIII. HOW TO FORM ANALOGIES
IX. ANALYSIS OF TRENDS AND PATTERNS
X. DEDUCTIVE AND HYPOTHETICAL THINKING THROUGH DAYS OF THE WEEK
XI. SOLVING MATHEMATICAL WORD PROBLEMS
XII. THE POST-WASI TEST
XIII. MEETING ACADEMIC AND WORKPLACE STANDARDS: HOW THIS BOOK CAN HELP
XIV. HOW TO USE PAIR PROBLEM SOLVING
APPENDIX I. ANSWER KEY. APPENDIX II. COMPUTE YOUR OWN IQREFERENCES.

✦ Subjects

Comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc.;Problem solving -- Problems, exercises, etc.;Reasoning -- Problems, exercises, etc.