The fundamental problem with teaching problem solving | Colin Foste - 1 views
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Juan José López on 13 Mar 19Colin Foster reflects on dilemmas in teaching students how to solve mathematical problems. Visto en este hilo de Twitter de @ollie_lovell: https://twitter.com/ollie_lovell/status/1102665299415859200 «1. Fluency in facts, procedures & concepts act as a foundation for problem solving. 2. One main point of consistently asking students the same questions, in order to prompt their thinking, is that they then internalise these these questions and they become part of the students' natural metacognitive processes whilst problem solving. 3. Heuristics like 'solve a simpler problem first' describe well what an expert problem solver does, but give little guidance to a novice».