When Do Assumptions Facilitate Problem Solving and When Do They Impede It?

[Dr. Ronald G. Shapiro]

If you are teaching a class involving assumptions or problem solving (in, perhaps, ninth grade math or science) and would like an activity which has worked quite well for me please check out my article When Do Assumptions Facilitate Problem Solving and When Do They Impede It? in Rhode Island Creative Magazine, February 2014, page 14).