A program designed to teach cognitive strategies through logical problem-solving and developed for elementary learning disabled students is presented. For each problem set, the instructional procedure involves a discovery activity, discussion, conclusion, follow-up activities, and integration. Five samples of the program's problem sets (e.g.,…

The method of finite differences is discussed with some applications. The method is described in detail, with illustrative sequences, and several problems are presented. (MNS)

The focus is on multi-step problems, with suggestions on helping students understand the mathematical relations, decide which computational procedures to use, and identify the sequence in which computations should be performed. An activity to aid understanding of variables is also included. (MNS)

Two problem-solving skills, guess-and-test and simplification, are introduced and reinforced through a variety of motivating problem situations. Solutions of sample problems and extensive directions for the teacher encourage the use of Polya's four-step model of problem solving. (MNS)

The use of logical reasoning is illustrated with a problem and its solution process. Other suggestions for teaching problem solving are included. (MNS)

Argues that using simulations designed for purposes other than teaching English as a foreign language offers a way to enlist full participation on a "language-generating" activity, thereby encouraging language acquisition as opposed to learning. Gives an example of one such simulation with a set of guidelines for running it. (SED)

The problem-solving strategy of making an organized list is highlighted, with a problem and suggestions for teaching the strategy. Other suggestions for teaching problem solving are then presented. (MNS)

Some traditional and some less conventional approaches using the cotangent to solve the same problem are described. (MNS)

Describes the nature and use of a "strategy", an organized approach that breaks down the overall mental task of problem-solving into stages, providing details of the McMaster Six-Step Strategy. Also provides instructions for working through a Whimby pair series of problems and the Schoenfeld management approach. (JN)

Describes an experiential learning method designed to improve management students' understanding of the scientific approach. A model of the consulting/intervention process, the Managerial Problem Solving Cycle is based on the premise that formulation of problem diagnosis facilitates communication, which in turn, contributes to increased…

Portions of the Cockcroft Report which seem confusing are discussed. The connections among problems, applications, and investigations are considered in sections on being a mathematician; open is in the mind; assumptions, rules and patterns; and learning not to be anxious. (MNS)

An explicit strategy method developed from a composite of basal arithmetic texts was used for mathematics problem-solving instruction for a group of fourth graders. Posttest results were positive. Implications for teaching mathematics problem solving to low performing students are discussed. (Author/DF)

This book is designed to help teachers understand children's intuitive problem solving and computational processes and to figure out how to use that knowledge to enhance students' understanding of arithmetic. This book provides numerous examples of classroom dialogues that indicate how algebraic ideas emerge in children's thinking and what…

This paper explores the role of diagrams in a specific problem solving process. Two types of tests were administered to 194, 12 year old students, each of which consisted of six non-routine problems that could be solved with the use of a diagram. In Test A students were asked to respond to the problems in any way they wished whereas in Test B…

This paper describes the design and initial data analysis of an ongoing study to determine the important elements, as perceived by faculty, of the learning and teaching of problem solving in the context of an introductory calculus-based physics course. To elicit instructors' beliefs that inform their instructional choices, an interview around…