Working Backwards from the Goal Shrinks the Search
This generated surface maps a learner-facing curriculum unit to its canonical source routes.
Curriculum surface
- Open learner-facing unit
- Curriculum path:
content/curriculum/foundations/semester-01-math-foundations/module-05-problem-solving/concepts/cluster-02-core-heuristics-for-reducing-search/05-working-backwards-from-the-goal-shrinks-the-search-primary.md - App:
foundations - Semester:
semester-01-math-foundations - Module:
module-05-problem-solving - Unit kind:
concept - Curation level:
generated_default
Learning objectives
- Explain Working Backwards from the Goal Shrinks the Search in the language of the current curriculum, not just the source book.
- Apply Working Backwards from the Goal Shrinks the Search to one concrete learner task or example inside this semester.
- Use
discrete-mathematics-and-its-applications,how-to-solve-it-by-computers,mathematics-for-computer-scienceas a selective source of truth when the learner-facing explanation is not enough.
Prerequisites
- The earlier concept pages and practice tasks in the current module.
Source books
discrete-mathematics-and-its-applicationshow-to-solve-it-by-computersmathematics-for-computer-science
Source routes
Discrete Mathematics And Its Applications
- /books/discrete-mathematics-and-its-applications via
Discrete Math: 8.1 Applications of recurrence relations
How To Solve It By Computers
- /books/how-to-solve-it-by-computers/algorithm-3-7-raising-a-number-to-a-large-power-part-1 via
Dromey: Algorithm 3.7 Raising a number to a large power (Part 1) - /books/how-to-solve-it-by-computers/chapter-01-getting-started-on-a-problem via
Dromey: 1.2.2 Getting started on a problem,Dromey: 1.2.6 General problem-solving strategies,Dromey: 1.5 Program verification
Mathematics For Computer Science
- /books/mathematics-for-computer-science/chapter-22-the-towers-of-hanoi via
MCS: 22.5 A feel for recurrences
Supporting curriculum routes
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External enrichment
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AI companion modes
- Explain simply
- Socratic tutor
- Quiz me
- Challenge my understanding
- Diagnose my confusion
- Generate extra practice
- Revision mode
- Connect forward / backward
Source-of-truth note
This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance assembled from multiple canonical book routes. Use the listed source books as the primary conceptual spine for Working Backwards from the Goal Shrinks the Search, and treat outside material as supporting enrichment only.