All pupils - able children included - need to be taught strategies to enable their thinking skills to progress. They also need help with developing different approaches to problem solving. A sustained piece of work that requires perseverance, logical strategies, and refinement of method and extension of the original task is not the same as a straightforward quick-fix type problem. Both types of problem solving need to be taught. This book presents a series of activities that can be used with whole classes to provide a curriculum for the teaching of problem solving and the development of thinking skills. Each tried and tested investigation is clearly explained with ideas on how to introduce the task to a class, full solutions and resource sheets.

Activities include prisoners: a fun way of generating square numbers; handshakes: exploring arithmetic progressions; T-shape: an activity to lead pupils from numerical calculations to algebraic generalizations; frogs: encouraging systematic working and listing; and opposite corners: an advanced piece of work for independent learners.

About the Author
Elaine Sellars and Sue Lowndes are experienced teachers and trainers who works across the UK in early years and key stages 1-4.


Book Information
ISBN 9781853469602
Author Elaine Sellars
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint David Fulton Publishers Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 317g