Adults accept that probelms will occur at home or at work, and that they need the disposition, skills and strategies to deal with them. Students need to be given opportunities to identify exactly what the presented problem is, and shown strategies to help them solve it and persist with challenging situations.
The activities in this book present a wide range of problematic situations for which there is more than one solution or more than one apporach to the solution. Real life problems are not usually neatly presented not are the solutions immediately visible. When a potential solution is found, it needs to be evaluated to see if it is the best solution possible. These problem solving activities will lay the foundational skills, strategies and disposition needed for students to become lifelong problem solvers. There are activities in the areas of:
Maths
Visual Literacy
Communication
Values
Music and Dance
Each Ready-to-Go is divided into the following sections:
Teacher's File - Ideas for classroom organisation as well as background notes, technology tips, assessment ideas and suggestions for parent involvement.
Quick Starts - Fun and stimulating activites, games and ideas requiring little or no preparation time.
Take Your Own Time - Photocopiable Blackline Masters which can be used in any sequence, or adapted to suit individual students or classes.
Step by Step - Task cards written for students, including group and individual activities.
The Ready-to-Go Problem Solving Pack contains Book 1 (lower), Book 2 (middle) and Book 3 (upper) of the series.
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