Monograph No. 7: Problem Solving in the Mathematics Classroom
April 1982
Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association
67 – 69
Graphic Representations of Word Problems
Verena Sharkey
Problem solving is the ultimate goal for learning to manipulate numbers or deal with the so-called basic facts. Unfortunately, most people are not born with the ability to pull solutions to problems from either their minds or their backgrounds.