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

[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...

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

This article is directed at students and encourages them to look at complex problems with an interdisciplinary mindset. It provides some examples of real-world problems that were solved with multidisciplinary teamwork. (Published Sept....

Students learn the basics of "Modeling with Mathematics" (CCSS.MP.4) as they practice putting their thinking on paper in this beginning of year instructional activity. This instructional activity includes a video tutorial, differentiated...

The Christopher Columbus Awards is a national, community-based science and technology program for middle school students. The program challenges the students to work in teams, with an adult coach, to identify a problem in their community...

Explains how to find a common denominator between two rational expressions and how to reduce a fraction that involves factoring. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems....

Teaching students how to think is an important task for any educator. This well written and informative article lists 12 characteristics of intelligent behaviors that can help you understand how to teach skillful thinking to your students.

Teaching students how to think is an important task for any educator. This well written and informative article lists 12 characteristics of intelligent behaviors that can help you understand how to teach skillful thinking to your students.

Similar to expert craftsmen teaching their trades to apprentices, teachers can model thinking and problem-solving skills to their students. Read more about various classroom modeling techniques.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about working together to prepare for a natural disaster. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Ahoy Matey! Join PBS Kids characters Peg + Cat to explore fair sharing and solve math problems to help a group of cranky pirates divide things fairly. Children will separate sets of objects into equal groups and divide single objects...

Visualize a word problem in multiple ways to develop your problem solving skills. This video focuses on converting a problem with fractions into a one-variable equation and alternately modeling it using unit blocks.

Catch monsters as your solve math problems.

Article discusses how cooperative learning helps create the essential skill of working (and compromising) within a group.

Use your skills of investigation to examine a list of items recovered from a shipwreck. Draw conclusions about the ship and its demise based off of your observations.

Take tests online to determine your teamwork abilities in work and professional settings. This website describes 4 levels of teamwork, which expand upon "The traditional 3 Rs of reading, writing, and arithmetic by becoming one of the...

Was it only a matter of time that people would begin buying into any news, even when it was actually fake? This writer felt it was no surprise. Find out why and how a librarian can help educate students how to best vet resources for...

An algorithm is a method of solving problems both big and small. Though computers run algorithms constantly, humans can also solve problems with algorithms. David J. Malan explains how algorithms can be used in seemingly simple...

Investigate how skeletal populations can help determine the impact of slavery on the height and health of African American males. This video focuses on the measurements and equations Mark Mack is using to explore relationships between...

This project resulted from of the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher, Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life application in...

COMPASS uses collaborative game-based learning to teach youth research-backed strategies to manage worries, solve problems, build relationships, and face stressful situations with confidence. This six-lesson plan has shown to improve...

"How does one identify the learning disabled gifted?" "What are the major classroom problems and how can they be solved?" Find the answers to these questions and also find tips for parents and resources for parents and children.

This site contains a book review of Morton Deutsch's book, "The Resolution of Conflict." The summary is mainly about conflict and how to determine if the outcome will be productive or destructive. The second half of the summary applies...