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Helping Kids Learn to Problem Solve

Active learningCollaborationMath Talk

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Tricks to teaching problem solving

Make sure: they know the language of math they understand the vocabulary they are comprehending the

questions they are communicating

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Problem Solving

It’s all about thinking Can they think logically? Can they reason Can they explain their thoughts

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The Big Questions

How did you get that? What were you thinking? How did you know? Does this solution make sense?

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Controlling their thinking

Have them draw pictures keep a written math journal self talk**Be aware of cultural factors, language

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Where to find problems

Remember having conversations? Take a walk around the school Have students report what they see Have them represent it in numbers and

not words

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Where to Find Problems

Think metacognitively Comparisons How else can you show

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Strategies

Go back to the POWER approach Define, understand the PROBLEM Own some solutions ( talk, collaborate) Winning ideas, devise all the possibilities Evaluate, carry out the plan Reinforce the solution, with data