Monograph No. 7: Problem Solving in the Mathematics Classroom
April 1982
Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association
146 – 165
Ye Shall Be Known by Your Generations
Stephen I. Brown
A quarter of a century ago with the advent of the “new math,” we were persuaded that understanding the structure of mathematics through such pedagogical Strategies as discovery learning would attack frontally the most pervasive issues regarding the meaning of mathematics and the roles of the teacher and student as well. That myth has passed for the most pare, but we are now bombarded by a new set of slogans as we are cajoled to teach problem solving as our new salvation.