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FTCE Math: Problem-Solving Strategies Chapter Exam Instructions. Choose your answers to the questions and click 'Next' to see the next set of questions.
Problem Solving Strategy: Work Backward Work backward to solve each problem. 1. Sarah got on the school bus. At the stop after Sarah’s, 7 students got on. Five students got on the bus at the next stop. At the last stop before the school, 9 students got on. When the bus arrived at school, 38 students got off. How many students were already.
Solving problems is an activity not unique to mathematics. There are strategies of problem solving that are applicable to solving problems in any human endeavor. But every field and every situation call for specific knowledge and specific habits of mind to apply to solving problems.
Problem solving plays an important role in mathematics and should have a prominent role in the mathematics education of K-12 students. However, knowing how to incorporate problem solving meaningfully into the mathematics curriculum is not necessarily obvious to mathematics teachers.
FISH problem Solving; Smart Response Blog; Jacinta's Blog; Problem Solving in the Mathematics Classroom with the Early Years FISH Kit. Exploring Numbers and Patterns from Prep to Year 2. Individual classroom visits where organised to provide opportunities to model the use of the Early Years FISH strategy, in Prep to Year 2 learning spaces.
The following problem-solving process chart illustrates several strategies to be used to facilitate work with problem-solving. This process should be seen as a dynamic, non-linear and flexible approach. Learning these and other problem-solving strategies will enable.
I loved your post about the math problem solving. I just started my Masters in Math and Literacy and was researching ways to improve problem solving in students with disabilities. The process that you shared echoes the research, which suggests to use reading strategies, such as visualizing, restating, and retelling, to have students comprehend.