To learn math, students must build a mental toolbox of facts and procedures needed for different problems. But students who can recall these foundational facts in isolation often struggle to use them ...

Editor’s Note: Janet English, Academic Coach for El Toro High School in California, spent six months in Finland on a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching. While there, she discovered a tool to ...

Think-Aloud-Pair Problem Solving Teaching Technique – Video & materials (K. Patricia Cross Academy). Adapting Think-Aloud-Pair Problem Solving for Online Teaching – Video (K. Patricia Cross Academy).

Mary Beth Scoville has been in the classroom for more than a decade. And while her method for teaching art shifted this school year, her class motto has been the same since the very beginning: “Make ...

MILWAUKEE - Many parents are looking for gifts that will be educational for their child – as well as fun. Toy expert and speech pathologist Erika Cardamone joined the FOX6 WakeUp team with some fun ...

This article provides an outline of an instructional design strategy for improving problem-solving performance in a variety of domains. The strategy emerges from a series of instructional improvement ...

A new study suggests that educators, particularly in urban schools, should teach elementary school-aged girls problem-solving skills and provide them leadership opportunities as a way to reduce their ...

As the world economy shifts away from manufacturing jobs and towards service industry and creative jobs, there’s a consensus among parents, educators, politicians and business leaders that it is ...