What are factors that can contribute to difficulties in problem solving? How can teachers assist students in improving their problem solving abilities?

What will be an ideal response?


Reading problems, poorly developed logical reasoning skills, and instruction that focuses primarily on computation contribute to difficulty with mathematical problem solving. Teachers can increase students' problem-solving abilities by teaching big ideas, using sameness analysis, teaching cue words, teaching reasoning strategies, simplifying the sentence structure of word problems, eliminating extraneous information, and monitoring the number of concepts presented as well as the interest level. Computer-assisted instruction is a motivating way to provide practice in problem solving and feedback on performance.

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