Problem-Solving Strategies: Algorithms and Heuristics | Education.com
- Teach problem-solving strategies within the context of specific subject areas (not as a topic separate from academic content) and, ideally, within the context of authentic activities.
- Engage in joint problem-solving activities with students, modeling effective strategies and guiding students' initial efforts.
- Provide scaffolding for difficult problems (e.g., break them into smaller and simpler problems, give hints about possible strategies, or provide partial solutions).
- Ask students to explain what they are doing as they work through a problem.
- Have students solve problems in small groups, sharing ideas about problem-solving strategies, modeling various approaches for one another, and discussing the merits of each approach. (R. K. Atkinson, Derry, Renkl, & Wortham, 2000; Barron, 2000; Chinn, 2006; Crowley & Siegler, 1999; Gauvain, 2001; Kirschner et al., 2006; Mayer, 1985; Reimann & Schult, 1996; Renkl & Atkinson, 2003; Rogoff, 2003)
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