Unit 3: Problem Solution

Table of Contents

1. Problem Solution - Introduction
2. Problem Solution
3. Concrete solutions to concrete problems
4. Abstract problems and solutions
5. Task 3: Concrete and abstract solutions
6. Ordering of Problem-Solution texts
7. Paragraphing of problem - solution texts
8. New problems from old solutions
9. Chaining
10. Other words
11. Task 11: Problem Solution in Exam Questions
12. Initial Problem revisited
13. Journal Entry: Application Task
    1. Where you are now
    2. Journal

Journal

Your tutor may set you an application task based on this Topic. If not, here are two things for you to try:

Think about the work you are studying at present.

Here are two things for you to try:

1. Get hold of some old exam papers and look for questions that you think can be answered by using the Problem Solution strategy. Are there words that trigger this response? (Sometimes there are, and sometimes there are not!)

2. When you have done this try to write some answers, in brief outline only, using the Problem Solution format.