"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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2012 Institute completed! Click here for photos!

For more information call the director Dr. Ed Meyer at (440) 826-2495, email him at emeyer@bw.edu, or fax at (440)826-2399

Here's what parents who had children at the recently concluded Gedanken Institute in northern Ohio are saying:

"Thanks for teaching my kids the joy of discovery and the pleasure in finding things out."

"My kids loved the Gedanken Institute and came away with a whole new set of smart and motivated friends."

"I'm confident that the problem solving skills my kids learned will help them in all aspects of life. Their motto from the Institute is "Don't be fooled."

Rubic Cube

 

Information about the Problem-Solving Institute:

• Dr. Edwin F. Meyer, Professor of Physics at Baldwin-Wallace College, has taught problem- solving to gifted and talented students for many years.
• Channel 5 News featured Dr. Meyer's problem-solving course, which has become a student favorite over the years.
• The Institute will include topics such as Risk Management, Pattern Recognition, Logic, Probability, Physics and a large variety of puzzles, including the Rubik's Cube.
• Students will develop not only mental strength, but mental stamina.
• Students will learn how to use their ability to tackle complex problems in an intellectually stimulating atmosphere.

 

A lecture entitled Calculus for Everyone by Dr. Edwin Meyer

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"It doesn't matter what school you attended, where you worked before, or how you dress. All that matters is your logic, imagination and problem-solving ability."
-- William Poundstone, Moving Mount Fuji

 

"Looking closely at the American economy today you find two growing categories of work. The first involves identifying and solving problems."
-- Robert Reich, Former US Secretary of Labor