WISCONSIN FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING
W.O.W. Factor
Words Of Wisdom for FPS Coaches and Students
The following is a list of prior W.O.W. Factor publications that were sent to coaches to keep them up to date and give specific tips for improving certain steps of the problem solving process.
Click on the title to access the specific issue you would like to see.
1213 WOW 01 -- Team Composition
1213 WOW 02 -- Brainstorming
1213 WOW 03 -- Morphological Analysis
1213 WOW 04 -- Showing Research
1314 WOW 01 -- News; 2013 IC Winners
1314 WOW 02 -- Reading a Future Scene
1314 WOW 03 -- Writing Challenges
1314 WOW 04 -- Underlying Problems
1314 WOW 05 -- Writing Solutions
1314 WOW 06 -- Criteria & Grid
1314 WOW 07 -- Action Plan
1314 WOW 08 -- Showing Research
1415 WOW 01 -- Common FPS Abbreviations
1415 WOW 02 -- Analyzing Your Scoresheet
1415 WOW 03 -- Tips for Analyzing Your Booklet
1516 WOW 01 -- News; 2015 IC Winners
1516 WOW 02 -- Using an Article to Practice the Process
1516 WOW 03 -- Tips for Practice Problem #2
1516 WOW 04 -- Writing Prompts for GIPS
1516 WOW 05 -- Writing Criteria & Using the Grid
1516 WOW 06 -- Key Tips for GIPS
1516 WOW 07 -- Final Tips for the QP
1516 WOW 08 -- Anatomy of a UP
1617 WOW 01 -- FPS Website Scavenger Hunt
1617 WOW 02 -- Understanding the Future Scene
1617 WOW 03 -- Different Ways to Brainstorm
1617 WOW 04 -- What Makes an Excellent Challenge?
1617 WOW 05 -- What Makes a Good Underlying Problem?
1617 WOW 06 -- What Makes a Good Solution?
1617 WOW 07 -- Making Sense of Criteria
1718 WOW 01 -- News and "Hits & Hot Spots" Tool
1718 WOW 02 -- Using an Article to Practice the FPS Process
1718 WOW 03 -- Selecting Criteria
1718 WOW 04 -- Criteria in Development of Action Plan
1819 WOW 01 -- 2018 IC Winners & List of Web-Based Applications
1819 WOW 02 -- Using an Article to Practice the FPS Process
1819 WOW 03 -- Dancing With Words
1920 WOW 01 -- Tips for Preparing for Problem #1: Intn'l Travel
1920 WOW 02 -- Practicing the Process With Sleep Patterns
1920 WOW 03 -- Finding Solutions -- Morphological Matrix
1920 WOW 04 -- Choosing an Underlying Problem
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