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Slide 2: www.ReadySetPresent.com Quotes “Imagination is more important than knowledge” -Albert Einstein “Originality is simply a fresh pair of eyes.” - Woodrow Wilson Page 2
Slide 3: www.ReadySetPresent.com Program Objectives (1 of 2)  To be prepared to actively listen in order to accurately understand the problem. To help you know how to take the first step in solving a problem. To clarify and define the problem. To understand the usefulness of collaborative problem solving and decision making. Page 3   
Slide 4: www.ReadySetPresent.com Program Objectives (2 of 2)  To examine different decision making models. To utilize creativity in the problem solving/decision making process. To plan, practice, and problem solve with making decisions through case studies, role playing and group discussions.   Page 4
Slide 5: www.ReadySetPresent.com A Challenge Please write a One Sentence Definition of PROBLEM SOLVING and DECISION MAKING. Page 5
Slide 6: www.ReadySetPresent.com Definitions (1 of Problem Solving. A systematic approach to defining the problem (question or situation that presents uncertainty, perplexity or difficulty) and creating a vast number of possible solutions without judging these solutions. 3) Page 6
Slide 7: www.ReadySetPresent.com Definitions (2 of Decision Making: The act of narrowing down the possibilities, choosing a course of action, and determining the action’s potential consequences. 3) Page 7
Slide 8: www.ReadySetPresent.com Definitions (3 of 3) “Problem solving is a cognitive processing directed at achieving a goal where no solution method is obvious to the problem solver.” Critical Thinking Defined “Purposeful mental activity that helps formulate or solve problems, make decisions, or fulfill a desire to understand.” Page 8
Slide 9: www.ReadySetPresent.com Teaching Problem Solving Skills Is it possible to teach problem solving skills? Page 9
Slide 10: www.ReadySetPresent.com What Skills Do You Use In Problem Solving? • Making judgements • Analytical skills • Decision making • Collecting information • Planning Page 10
Slide 11: www.ReadySetPresent.com How Do You Solve Problems?  What processes do you use?  Can you explain them to another person?  Do these processes vary depending upon the problem? Page 11
Slide 12: www.ReadySetPresent.com Problem Solving People?  Experts.  People who know the area of knowledge thoroughly. Solving problems becomes more natural. alternatives even when no clear solutions seems apparent.  People who can think of Page 12
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