Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning

Puzzle-based Learning is a foundational approach to develop the critical thinking skills and mental stamina essential for solving real-world problems.This Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning provides invaluable insights drawn from the authors’ extensi

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Edwin F. Meyer III Nickolas Falkner · Raja Sooriamurthi Zbigniew Michalewicz

Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning

Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

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Edwin F. Meyer III • Nickolas Falkner • Raja Sooriamurthi • Zbigniew Michalewicz

Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning

Edwin F. Meyer III Baldwin Wallace University Berea, Ohio, USA

Nickolas Falkner University of Adelaide South Australia, Australia

Raja Sooriamurthi Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Zbigniew Michalewicz University of Adelaide South Australia, Australia

Series Editor Ian Mackie Advisory Board Samson Abramsky, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Karin Breitman, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chris Hankin, Imperial College London, London, UK Dexter Kozen, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Andrew Pitts, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Hanne Riis Nielson, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark Steven Skiena, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA Iain Stewart, University of Durham, Durham, UK

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