Top Ten List of Ways to Get Students Problem Solving and Related Links

Make sure to check out the podcast episode in which Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record collaborated to create this top ten list of ways to get students problem solving.

Top Ten Math Manipulatives:

Honorable Mention: Infogap

#10: Betlines

#9: Picture That

#8: Situation Equations

#7: Thinking Blocks

#6: Three Reads

#5: Three Act Tasks

#4: Numberless Word Problems

#3: Building Thinking Classrooms

#2: Worked Examples

#1: Open Questions - Amazon Link to Marian Smalls' book

Additional Links:

Cognitively Guided Instruction Problem Types - PDF

Dr. Nicki Newton’s Padlet

Problem Solving in Action: Routledge (Code: FLA22)

Braining Camp Webinars

Polypad

Mathurdays

South Dakota Counts

Greg Tang Word Problem Generator

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