Presents a new problem for students and discusses the results of a previous one. (Author/YDS)

Presents responses to the Painting Tiles problem. (Author)

Provides a model for teachers to engage children in understanding problems and communicating their solutions in order to lead them toward becoming mathematically powerful learners. (Author/NB)

Presents solutions to the Pumpkin Puzzler problem that appeared in the October 2001 issue of this journal. (Author/NB)

Presents solutions to the Football Frenzy problem that appeared in the November 2001 issue of this journal. (Author/NB)

Five primary-grade students identified as learning-disabled benefited from instruction that focused on making sense of mathematics word problems. Examples of student work demonstrate the students' ability to solve a variety of problem types and justify their solutions. (Author/NB)

Describes three types of mathematics problems that are useful in promoting algebraic reasoning in the elementary school. (Author/NB)

Describes the educational benefits of a school museum. Topics include developing a focus, learning to convey the message, using authentic resources, and telling complex stories. Briefly describes how to start a school museum project, including relevant websites. (PKP)

To identify the cultural elements in school principals' problem-solving processes and the differences between experts and their more typical colleagues, this study interviewed 22 elementary principals. From their responses to brief, hypothetical case problems, a problem-solving model was constructed. Differences were most evident in responses to…

Discusses integrating technology education into the elementary language arts curriculum. Shows how elementary educators teach about technology as a process in problem solving and can apply it to such stories as "The Three Little Pigs." (JOW)

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has called for sweeping changes in mathematics instruction, arguing that knowledge should emerge from experience with problems. Deborah Ball's third grade class in East Lansing, Michigan, is a community of youthful mathematicians who argue, concur, and theorize about odd and even numbers. Instituting…

Offers brief annotations of 71 children's picture books which highlight both the anxiety and struggle that come with change and the triumph of solving problems and watching the transformations of nature. (SR)

Describes four easy-to-construct board games and puzzles that teachers can use to strengthen their students' mathematical problem-solving skills in both the classroom and the real world. (MDM)

Implementing project-based curricula requires simultaneous changes in curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices. Four design principles appear to be important: defining learning-appropriate goals, providing scaffolds, ensuring multiple opportunities for formative self-assessment, and developing social structures. Findings indicate positive…

Examines elementary students' perspectives on the engagement potential of particular mathematical problems and students' views on classroom problem-solving activities in general. Nonroutine examples that focused on important reasoning processes and did not involve computation had the greatest engagement potential, whereas computational problems…