It is my pleasure to present this session “Power Up Your Problem Solving” to the participants of this session.
Regular problem solving is a powerful way to help students develop conceptual understanding in the various strands of mathematics. Since there is a tradition in North America of “teaching by telling” (the “here’s-how-to-do-it-go-practice-50-of-these” method), it may take many weeks to develop a culture of deeper thinking in a classroom. Students need a variety of thinking tools and strategies to work with, as well as skills and practice in talking about math problems, but the time it takes to help students gain these needed things is time well spent. The payoff is huge!
I hope many of you will be encouraged to begin building a regular problem solving program with your students. It works at every grade level!
All the here are the downloads for the problem solving session:
I would love to hear from you how it goes in your classrooms!
Mathematically yours,
Carollee
