"It's not that I'm so smart, I just stay with a problem longer." -- Albert Einstein

"Too often children are given answers to memorize rather than problems to solve." --Dr. Edwin F Meyer, Theoretical Nuclear Physicist and Director of the Gedanken Institute

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Who should attend… Does your child view a difficult problem as an unpleasant task or an exciting challenge? If it is the latter, we invite him/her to apply for the 2011 Summer Problem Solving Institute in New Albany.
The class is designed for bright, enthusiastic students from ages 12-17. The week long Institute runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from July 18th through July 22nd. Students will work independently and in teams to solve a variety of interesting and challenging problems. Dr Meyer is a veteran teacher of summer camps and teaches problem solving at B-W in both the Honors program and in the graduate business program.
The purpose of the Institute is to develop the students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills. In the past, the course has been a hit with both students and their parents.

 

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"A company needs someone that can confront a problem, analyze it, and come up with solutions that minimize cost and maximize profits. That is what you are hired to do - make the company more money. The way you make the company more money is to solve its problems. No matter what job you get, no matter what you are hired for, the bottom line is that the company has a problem, or collection of problems, that it needs solved."
-- Greythorne, International IT recruiting firm

 

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Gedanken Definition

/g*-dahn'kn/
"Gedanken" is a German word for "thought". A thought experiment is one you carry out in your head. In physics, the term "gedanken experiment" is used to refer to an experiment that is impractical to carry out, but useful to consider because it can be reasoned about theoretically. It was a favorite method of renowned physicist Albert Einstein. 

 

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