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Show 4 Standard-Examin- and Lakeside Review, Tuesday, er April 10, 1990 Where is that problem? An important step in the problem solving process is finding the problem. And finding the problem is not always as easy as it sounds. Often, the real problem is hidden deep below the surface, out of reach. Discovering this sort of hidden problem Defining requires some analysis on your part. Sometimes, there might be many problems all jumbled together. In those cases, the problem solver needs to sort out and focus on the primary, most important problem. You can learn to focus through practice. Here are some inventions and improvements currently on the shelves in your neighborhood ' stores. Your job is to find the problems that triggered the creation of these items. Can you think of any other popular products or services invented to solve other problems that people have in everyday life? the problem have facts without thinking, but vve cannot have thinking without facts. We can -- John Dewey define a problem, mus begin with yuclear (I perception of fa situation at the hand. We call this the input stage. Watch out, because in this stage it is sometimes easy to develop tunnel vision. Like our friend Jeffrey with a project just out of reach, we often focus on one solution and, in so doing, disregard all sorts of possibilities. Effective problem solvers slow down the process by following these three steps: o Take the time to tune in all five senses to what is really 1. going on. Gather all the facts in the matter before proceeding. 3. Ask the right questions to 2. determine the real problem. Listen up and see if you can solve these riddles Avoid developing tunnel vision by practicing careful . : - Some months have 31 days; some have 30. How many have 28? 2. listening and clear thinking. Can you solve these problems and riddles? Ask a partner to read the following eight problems aloud to you. Theres only one logical answer for each. Check your answers against those that appear on page 16. 3. A farmer had 20 goats. All but 11 died. How many does the farmer have left? 5. A man is in his car facing west. After driving for one mile on a perfectly straight road, and without turning the car, he finds himself one mile east of his starting point. How can this be? How many birthdays does the typical human being have? 4. A girl goes to watch a horse race. The girl is the daughter of one of the jockeys, but the jockey isnt the girls father. How can this be? alphabet. Water lilies double in area, every 24 hours. At the beginning of the summer there is one water lily on a lake. It takes 65 days for the lake to become covered with water lilies. On what day is half of the lake covered? 8. i 1. 7. Identify the letter that is in the same position in the word pardon as it is in the . 6. A noted psychic can tell you the score of any baseball game before the game starts. How is this possible? |