<p>Written by an elementary teacher especially for teachers in the elementary grades (K 5) to help implement problem solving in the classroom, this book includes questions and answers designed to help address concerns parents may have with problem solving in the mathematics curriculum. It also includes information pertaining to classroom environment, warm-up activities, rubrics, and alternative forms of assessment, and allows room for experimentation with your own variations and comparison with classroom experiences.</p>

Share and Compare: A Teacher's Story about Helping Children Become Problem Solvers in Mathematics

Larry Buschman

NCTM

<p>Problem solving is consistently ranked as one of the most difficult skills to teach. Making Sense of Mathematics explores problem solving from both the teacher's and the students' perspectives, studying how children answer challenging questions while helping teachers learn the art of questioning. The book includes a careful study of students' acquisition of problem-solving processes, and delineates seven stages of students' development as problem solvers. It gives special attention to non-paper-and-pencil problems, an important area for learning real-world applications of problem solving. Ten chapters explore the benefits of multi-age classrooms, instructional approaches to teaching and practicing problem solving, and other areas that affect how children become expert problem solvers.</p>

Making Sense of Mathematics: Children Sharing and Comparing Solutions to Challenging Problems

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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Share and Compare: A Teacher's Story about Helping Children Become Problem Solvers in Mathematics

Making Sense of Mathematics: Children Sharing and Comparing Solutions to Challenging Problems