problem solving

"Readers are introduced to the tools engineers use to solve problems"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an introduction to understanding diagrams and discusses how famous thinkers used them and how diagrams are used in everday life.

Photographs and text help young readers to understand the concepts of simple word problems.

Explains the concept of word problems through photograghs and text about pigs.

"Different problems need different solutions, but engineers follow the same steps to solve them. Discover the path engineers take to find new solutions or improve old ones"--Provided by publisher.

"At the first sign of trouble, Amelia frets she's a failure. But she soon learns that success has many definitions. "Mindset Matters" teaches children how to see problems and dilemmas as opportunities to learn and grow and reveals why failing doesn't make them failures"--Provided by publisher.

"Combines a high-interest topic, wolves, with accessible word problems that will motivate young mathematicians to tackle each problem."--Publisher.

A guide for teachers suggesting attitudes that promote happiness, including knowledge of what to do when other people interfere with teaching students, confidence to express thoughts and expectations to parents, colleagues, and students, and influence in the face of disagreeable policies and curricula.

"Ricardo doesn't know why they say that childhood is the age of no problems when his life is upside down: the cold war broke out in his house, his best friends became boyfriends and his brother treats him as if he were a child. He also has a habit of getting into trouble. Fortunately, his friends and his ingenuity usually help him out of them, but this time, luck isn't on his side and he will have to make a difficult decision"--Adapted from back cover.