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Unit 6 Problem Solving

The document discusses problem solving and describes a company's preferred problem solving procedure. It states that problem solving involves thinking critically to find non-obvious solutions, especially when working as a team by combining ideas and efforts. The company's procedure is iterative and includes defining the problem, thinking of possible solutions, and putting an idea into action. It does not include repeating the same iteration or considering individual problem solving styles.

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Unit 6 Problem Solving

The document discusses problem solving and describes a company's preferred problem solving procedure. It states that problem solving involves thinking critically to find non-obvious solutions, especially when working as a team by combining ideas and efforts. The company's procedure is iterative and includes defining the problem, thinking of possible solutions, and putting an idea into action. It does not include repeating the same iteration or considering individual problem solving styles.

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Unit 6: Problem Solving

Get ready!

1) Before you read the passage, talk about these questions.

1. How do different people approach problem solving?

When students are challenged to solve problems they must think, because in a problem
the solution strategy is not immediately obvious. And when they work as a team in
search of a solution, they combine efforts and ideas and motivate each other to find the
best possible solution. Today, where as humanity we find ourselves facing problems
without precedent in their magnitude, it is when the need to solve situations in concert
and cooperation with others, combining efforts and ideas, has become more evident.

2. Why is problem solving important to engineers?

Scientists, engineers and ordinary people use problem solving each day to work out
solutions to various problems. Using a systematic and iterative procedure to solve a
problem is efficient and provides a logical flow of knowledge and progress.

Reading

2) Read the employee manual. Then, choose the correct answers.

1. What is the manual mainly about?

A. different ways to solve problems

B. the results of a problem solving process

C. a preferred method of problem solving

D. situations when problem solving is appropriate

2. Which is true of the company's problem solving procedure?

A. It repeats the same steps several times

B. A begins with a synthesis of solutions

C. It includes each employee’s individual problem solving style.

D. it was developed for use in variety of industries.


3. Which Is NOT a step in the problem solving method?

A. defining a problem

B. thinking of possible solutions

C. putting an idea into action

D. trying the same iteration again

Vocabulary

3) Match the words or phrases (1-8) with the definitions (A-H).

1. D iterative

2. F attack

3. A solution

4. C approach

5. E problem solving

6. H analysis

7. G problem identification

8. B redefine

A. a way to solve a problem

B. to change something's meaning

C. a way of looking at something

D. intended to be repeated over and over again

E. the ability to identify and address problems

F. to make a determined effort to solve a problem

G. the process of defining a problem

H. an examination or report something

4) Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.


1. The engineer followed the method of performing an action perfectly.

Procedure

2. The scientists performed several repetitions of the process.

Iterations

3. The solution was a combination of several previous answers.

Synthesis

4. The engineers discussed ideas about and possible solutions to the latest problem.

Brainstormed
Make a vocabulary Unit 5

1. Median

The median is the middle number in a sorted, ascending or descending, list of numbers
and can be more descriptive of that data set than the average. The median is sometimes
used as opposed to the mean when there are outliers in the sequence that might skew the
average of the values.

2. Mutually

Two events are said to be mutually if they cannot happen at the same time. For example,
if we toss a coin, either heads or tails might turn up, but not heads and tails at the same
time. Similarly, in a single throw of a die, we can only have one number shown at the
top face. The numbers on the face are mutually exclusive events.

3. Exclusive

In probability, two events are said to be mutually exclusive if and only if the events
have no shared outcomes. If we consider the events as sets, then we would say that two
events are mutually exclusive when their intersection is the empty set.

4. Outcome

In probability theory, an outcome is a possible result of an experiment or trial. Each


possible outcome of a particular experiment is unique, and different outcomes are
mutually exclusive, only one outcome will occur on each trial of the experiment. All of
the possible outcomes of an experiment form the elements of a sample space.

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