Delta-K,  Research,  Volume 53, Issue 2

Making Sense of Problem Solving and Productive Struggle

Delta-K

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 53 Issue 2, September 2016

26 – 31

Making Sense of Problem Solving and Productive Struggle

Paul Betts and Sari Rosenberg

How do we help children develop their abilities to solve problems’? Can this problem-solving ability be developed so that it is also available in non-mathematical situations? These two questions inspired us (a group of teachers and a university professor) to embark on a professional learning journey concerning the teaching and learning of problem solving.