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Increasing Students' Math Problem-Solving Skills, Grades 3-6

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This two-part video training program takes you inside intermediate grade classrooms where teachers are using highly effective strategies not only to teach mathematical concepts and skills, but also to help students develop a repertoire of problem-solving strategies. You will see practical, hands-on lessons and key instructional techniques for teaching problem solving.

You will learn the characteristics of classroom learning programs that support successful problem-solving instruction. All of the ideas, lessons and strategies on these videos are designed to be implemented as part of an effective intermediate-level mathematics program.



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Part I: Developing Core Problem-Solving Strategies

Intermediate level students benefit greatly from time spent developing foundational problem-solving skills. You will learn how to help students develop and apply five basic problem-solving strategies:

  • Choose an operation helps students develop an understanding of which operation to use to solve a problem
  • Find a pattern moves students from recognizing patterns to using them to understand relationships between numbers and solve problems
  • When students make a table, they are developing important problem-solving skills: how to record data from a problem, look for a pattern, and determine the solution
  • Drawing a picture or diagram enables students to visualize and solve problems
  • To be effective problem solvers, students need to learn how to guess and check then revise as they work toward solutions
 
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Part II: Expanding Students' Repertoire of Problem-Solving Strategies

Moving students beyond basic problem-solving strategies can be challenging. You will learn how to implement practical techniques for helping students develop and apply three more sophisticated problem-solving strategies:

  • Make an organized list strengthens students' skills in organizing data effectively
  • When students learn how to use logical reasoning, they are better able to think logically and make accurate generalizations
  • Problems that require students to work backward develop their skill with inverse thinking