Organizing Thinking and Problem Solving Stategies That Cross Chemical Engineering Topics Areas and Can Guide Students to Success in Tasks Across the Curriculum

A central task for chemical engineers is to formulate and solve problems and commuicate the results found. Part of this task is acquisition of information and discrimination between reliable and unrelaiabe sources. Orgnaizing student thinking at the beginning of the curriculum can be a real asset to equalizing opportunities for students who are committed to success.