Ep 55: The Power of Problem Solving

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Join us this week as we dive in to the history and power of Problem Solving. Look before the Building Thinking Classrooms book took the math world by storm, other educational experts were leading the way with problem solving and the power of teaching through problems. It's time to uncover the history and power of problem solving in math education
Today's Topics

• Problem Solving and Problem Based Learning Defined
• Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching
• Powerful Problem Solving Activities
• Benefits of Problem Solving

Related Resources on Amazon*

• Max Ray’s Powerful Problem Solving
• Magdalene Lampert: Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching
• Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms

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Kristen Moore, classroom teacher and instructional coach at Moore Than Just X, empowers modern secondary math teachers to transform the student experience with the strategies and the confidence to implement project-based learning, mastery-based assessment, and student engagement strategies in their classrooms.

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