Problem Solving
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These are real-world problems that students investigate as a team. The students must examine alternative approaches, select a strategy and use mathematical reasoning to formulate a solution. They are also required to communicate their findings with words, diagrams, charts and tables. They must be evaluated on a scale which recognizes the above problem solution attributes. It's not just the answer that is important, it's how you communicate your result and justify it. These problems directly address the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Problem Solving Standards. These problems have been organized for you, the coach, by difficulty, with the easiest problems listed first. The first 5 problems are developmental and train the student to approach the problem and to investigate possible solutions, while not being extremely difficult. Such problems allow the coach/teacher to concentrate on the other aspects of problem solution that students typically find difficult:
The first problem, the peanut problem, is especially good to start students with because:
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