Monograph,  No. 7,  Problem Solving,  Publications

Problem Solving: Some Means and Ends

Monograph No. 7: Problem Solving in the Mathematics Classroom

April 1982

Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association

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Problem Solving: Some Means and Ends

C. Edwin McClintock

Problem solving is a form of mental activity that is characteristically creative and requiring of ingenuity i n conception or reflection.