Lights, camera, action! Math educators consider how to improve their instruction by examining a model of the five-practice problem-solving model involving a movie theater. Participants examine cognitive demand in relation to problem...

Help your students develop a growth mindset with a list of sample strategies for prioritizing efforts instead of results.Pupils learn how to embrace mistakes, set high expectations, and focus on process over product.

Designed specifically for math instructors, the seventh workshop of a 15-part series allows time to explore Webb's DOK, ponder open-ended questions, and create lessons to apply what is learned. Teachers craft high-quality math problems...

Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second instructional activity in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign,...

The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...

You'll C-E-R a difference in classroom achievement after using a helpful instructional activity. Designed for economics, civics, government, and US history classes, participants practice using the CER model to craft arguments about...

What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...

This New Zealand Problems website is an excellent resource for lesson plans in problem-solving. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.

This New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.

Teachers, this New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.

Teachers, this New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Statistics, and Logic and Reasoning.

Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of problem solving. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It" button and...

This page gives students a guide for problem solving. A list of strategies is presented, and each strategy has an example to demonstrate it.

This excellent high school physics tutorial from The Physics Classroom investigates motion formulas using several problem-solving strategies including diagrams, equations, and lists.

NZMaths is a New Zealand teacher resource that provides lesson plans for students in algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, logic and reasoning.

NZMaths, a New Zealand teacher resource, provides lesson plans for students in algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, logic and reasoning.

From a chapter on Statics and Torque in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses how statics can be applied in the real world, and strategies for solving statics problems. Includes a question, two exercises, and a...

In this interactive module, students will apply problem-solving steps and strategies to solve problems of one-dimensional kinematics. They will also apply strategies to determine whether or not the result of a problem is reasonable, and...

Need some challenging problem-solving work for your students in the following areas: Discrete, Geometry, Numbers, and Code Breaking? This is the place for an enormous database of problems aimed at high school age students. They are...

Although written for the university level student, this article provides good ideas for all learners about problem solving skills. It provides a definition as well as a seven step process for how to problem solve.

This is a well thought out and detailed lesson that can teach students how to problem solve using real-life situations. It also teaches students about the importance of respect as well as being responsible for their own actions.

Although written for the university level student, this article provides good ideas for all learners about problem solving skills. It provides a definition as well as a seven step process for how to problem solve.

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