Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ561886
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Publication Date: 1996
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Need New Problem-Solving Ideas? Take a Trip!
Wiest, Lynda R.; Sturbaum, Mary Barr
School Science and Mathematics, v96 n4 p187-91 Apr 1996
Discusses how actual or planned travel experiences can form the basis for constructing realistic, challenging, and interesting problem-solving tasks for classroom use. Provides examples of how teachers and students can create travel problems for use in the classroom. The travel-problem concept is adaptable to any elementary, secondary, or postsecondary classroom. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Group Activities, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Map Skills, Mathematics Education, Money Management, Problem Solving, Teacher Developed Materials, Thinking Skills, Time Management, Tourism, Travel, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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