Crossing the River with Dogs: Problem Solving for College Students

by Ken Johnson, Ted Herr, Judith Kysh

Students who often complain when faced with challenging word problems will be engaged as they acquire essential problem solving skills that are applicable beyond the math classroom. The authors of Crossing the River with Problem Solving for College Students : - Use the popular approach of explaining strategies through dialogs from fictitious students - Present all the classic and numerous non-traditional problem solving strategies (from drawing diagrams to matrix logic, and finite differences) - Provide a text suitable for students in quantitative reasoning, developmental mathematics, mathematics education, and all courses in between - Challenge students with interesting, yet concise problem sets that include classic problems at the end of each chapter With Crossing the River with Dogs , students will enjoy reading their text and will take with them skills they will use for a lifetime.

502 pages, Paperback

First published November 18, 2003

Reviews

[Marianne Kearney-brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good problems, but hard to use as a text book. More of a reference for a teacher...

[Marissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best math textbook I have ever read. Easy to understand and straight forward!

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was fun. The problems were really difficult. I should keep it to keep my brain sharp!