OpenStax
Open Stax: Physics: Problem Solving Strategies
In the following interactive students will begin to understand and apply a problem-solving procedure to solve problems using Newton's laws of motion.
Other
Atlas Mission: The 8 Best Problem Solving Strategies for the Preschool Mind
A Kindergarten teacher offers 8 strategies for fostering problem-solving in the classroom. A free app is available to download.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Problem Solving Strategies
The steps for solving word problems are presented here along with suggestions of how to carry out each step. Learn how to understand, plan, write equations, solve and check each time you work a word problem.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Kinematic Equations & Problem Solving
This excellent high school physics tutorial from The Physics Classroom investigates motion formulas using several problem-solving strategies including diagrams, equations, and lists.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Physics Education Research: Interactive Examples
The interactive examples engage students in a Socratic-dialogue help sequence. The quantitative homework problems teach learners by asking additional questions until they understand the concept. The examples help students develop...
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Emsl: The River Crossing Problem
The lesson plan for an interesting word problem concerning swimming and rowing across a river, being swept downstream by the current, and walking back up the other side. Basic arithmetic skills are all that are needed to approach the...
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides and Strategies: Solving Math Word Problems
This site offers a guide for strategies used to solve word problems. Common phrases and their mathematical translations are included. This can be used by students while working on assignments.
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Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 5
Teachers, this New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.
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Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 6
Teachers, this New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Statistics, and Logic and Reasoning.
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Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 2
NZMaths is a New Zealand teacher resource that provides lesson plans for students in algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, logic and reasoning.
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Nz Maths: Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 3 Problems
This New Zealand Problems website is an excellent resource for lesson plans in problem-solving. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Gary Martin, Angus Mac Neil: Require Students Use Problem Solving Steps
This is a well thought out and detailed lesson that can teach students how to problem solve using real-life situations. It also teaches students about the importance of respect as well as being responsible for their own actions.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Can You Solve the Problem?
During this lesson, students will analyze ways in which the character(s) in stories solve problems encountered. In small groups, students will brainstorm possible solutions to realistic problems in order to enhance connections to...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Math Space Odyssey: How Much Do You Weigh in Outer Space?
Demonstrate the ability to apply the use of decimals, fractions, ratios and proportions to situations based upon given information about planets in the solar system.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Gnomon 1
This interactive activity gives you an opportunity to explore a specific number pattern named the "Fibonacci sequence." See what other patterns you can discover while you manipulate the blocks. There is a "Printable Page" link if you...
Other
Problem Solving: 3 Highly Effective Tools
Problem-solving skills are important to learn in the 21st-century classroom. This brief article lists three tools by Edward De Bono that can help you develop good problem-solving skills.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Uncover Patterns in Number Sequences
This Marilyn Burns lesson plan provides an activity and discourse to help lead intermediate students through the pattern identification process.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Cereal Box Problem
A cereal company is offering six different prizes in their boxes. How many boxes would you expect to have to purchase in order to collect all six prizes? Known as the Cereal Box Problem, this question is explored here. A solution is...