The Canadian Mathematics Teacher – Volume 2
1983
Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association
22 – 24
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.
