Friday, April 20, 2012

Ideas about how to promote "Problem Solving"

Wisconsin pushup problem solving.  Bucky the Badger.


Shawn Cornally - Standards based Grading

Jim Reed




Little Big league math problem on YouTube, illustrating how silly out of context can be.






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Learning through problem solving should be the focus of mathematics at all grade levels.

If students have already been given ways to solve the problem, it is not a problem, but practice.

Students develop a true understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures when they solve problems in meaningful contexts

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