Problem Solving
All life is problem solving," according to one of the most esteemed philosophers of science of the 20th century, Karl Popper.
John Marsh at The Educator’s PLN wrote a particularly useful breakdown of some effective problem solving strategies to use in Maths. John makes the following points 1. Understand the problem, 2. Make a Plan, 3. Break the problem down and 4. Work backwards.
John Marsh writes in his blogpost Strategies to build confidence in Maths that we should
1. Do Maths Daily and
5. Employ a checking strategy.
Bishopp Knight writes for CNN There's More Than One Way To Solve a Problem … and suggests keeping an open mindset to more solutions.
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