Grades 3-6: Developing Core Math Problem-Solving Strategies
This course focuses on strengthening grade 3-6 students’ use of tables, patterns, pictures, and diagrams as problem-solving tools. You’ll learn the characteristics of effective problem solving instruction. All of the ideas, lessons and strategies in this course are designed to be implemented as part of an effective intermediate-level mathematics program.
Intermediate level students benefit greatly from time spent developing foundational level problem-solving skills. You’ll learn powerful ways to make math problem solving relevant, meaningful, motivating and challenging for intermediate grade learners.
You will learn how to:
Choose an operation will help students develop an understanding of which operation to use to solve a problem
Find a pattern will move students from recognizing patterns to using them to understand relationships between numbers and solve problems
When students make a table, they are developing important problem-solving skills: how to record data from a problem, look for a pattern, and determine the solution
Drawing a picture or diagram enables students to visualize and solve problems
To be effective problem solvers, students need to learn how to guess and check as they work towards solutions
- Target Audience: 3rd-6th
- Focus Area: Academic Skill
- Cost: $
- Website: https://www.ber.org/store/products/Grades-3-6-Developing-Core-Math-Problem-Solving-Strategies.aspx#CEUs
I found some of the strategies. I found the explanation very thorough.
Unfortunately, I was disappointed with the BER “Developing Core Problem Solving Strategies Grades 3-6” online professional development. Although the video was about growing students’ problem solving and critical thinking skills, I did not find that this video taught me any new strategies that would greatly benefit me with teaching higher level thinking skills. I am not certain when this video was created, but the teachers in the video used overhead projectors while they taught, rather than more modern technology. This was a huge indicator that this video was extremely out of date. Also, having “3rd – 6th grades,” being part of the PD’s title, it was not at all appropriate for 5th and 6th graders in today’s world. I was hoping for new ideas and strategies for teaching test taking skills for upper elementary. However, it was definitely geared toward lower elementary.