[Free Registration/Login Required] Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In the social-emotional learning activity Problem Solved, your child will explore problem-solving...

Although written for the university level student, this article provides good ideas for all learners about problem solving skills. It provides a definition as well as a seven step process for how to problem solve.

Although written for the university level student, this article provides good ideas for all learners about problem solving skills. It provides a definition as well as a seven step process for how to problem solve.

Different approaches to incorporate problem-solving skills into the elementary mathematics classroom.

From a chapter on Statics and Torque in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses how statics can be applied in the real world, and strategies for solving statics problems. Includes a question, two exercises, and a...

By the end of this section, you will be able to apply a problem-solving procedure to solve problems using Newton's laws of motion.

From the University of Georgia, this tutorial provides exercises and problems using Heron's Formula for the area of a triangle, makes use of several problem representation methods, including a graph.

We're going shopping in this integrated lesson plan. Students must make a budget, create a shopping list, and act out grocery shopping utilizing their problem solving and writing skills. A comprehensive lesson plan with printable...

Adult learners are a challenging group to reach when teaching basic mathematical skills. This guide presents ideas and worksheets for teaching them how to solve word problems.

Contains plans for two lessons designed to help primary students' reading comprehension with mathematical story problems. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...

This section provides a list of six problems to solve pertaining to labor and financial markets.

Containing many resources for further reading about thinking skills, this site provides a lot of good information about how to improve problem solving.

This is an inquiry and technology-based lesson that allows students to discover the relationship between perimeter and area. Students apply problem-solving strategies to solve the real-life problem posed in this lesson. This lesson may...

Students will take a closer look at numbers to determine patterns within them.

A learning module through which students learn about equations including the following: Translating words into equations and equations into words, The Properties of Equality to help solving equations, Techniques for solving simple...

Systems thinking is the key to solving complex problems and achieving simplicity. Furthermore, by applying systems thinking to different situations, we also start to recognize the existence of universal patterns of behavior in business...

In this exercise, students practice multiplying fractions by fractions word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.

Need to solve Optimization problems in Calculus? This blog illustrates the steps needed to solve them routinely for yourself.

Students will solve word problems to create their own subtraction number sentences. They will use known addition facts to solve subtraction problems. A detailed lesson plan, worksheet, and pictures/videos of the lesson being modeled are...

Given a problem, the student will use concrete and pictorial models to solve equations and use symbols to record their actions.

Given problem situations involving prisms, student will be able to estimate and solve for volume.

This section provides six problems to solve in aid in the study of the content of Chapter 5: Macroeconomic Perspective.

Students will be able to solve subtraction word problems using objects.

Given a problem, the student will use concrete and pictorial models to solve equations and use symbols to record their actions.