Problem Solving,  Publications,  The Canadian Mathematics Teacher,  Volume 2

Strategies of Problem-Solving

The Canadian Mathematics Teacher – Volume 2

1983

Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association

22 – 24

Strategies of Problem-Solving

Bruce Stonell

Students should learn and be able to choose procedures for solving problems. The procedures are easy to state and recognize. However, teachers have difficulty teaching problem-solving, because unlike teaching computational skills or concepts, no specific content is involved. In problem-solving, an individually acquired set of processes is brought to bear on a situation that confronts students.