Monograph,  No. 7,  Publications,  Teaching Ideas

The Olympics – A Problem-Solving Plot

Monograph No. 7: Problem Solving in the Mathematics Classroom

April 1982

Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association

114 – 119

The Olympics – A Problem-Solving Plot

Shirely S. Heck and C. Ray Williams

Problem solving involves critical thinking. Although new programs for the gifted and talented focus on critical Chinking skills, there is little attention given to these skills in today’s schools.