Pre-School/ Early Years Problem-Solving in Math!

This informative session offers pre-school practitioners a more in-depth understanding of how to employ problem-solving activities effectively in their classrooms. It is intended to be used in a short, introductory, information-sharing professional development environment, and took me about 45 minutes to deliver. The session is rooted in findings from educational research (included, but also freely available online) and goes through:

• Exactly what constitutes problem-solving, and why it is so essential in the broader context of math education;
• Key ingredients for ensuring that problem-solving tasks are engaging and effective;
• Some excellent model examples of problem-solving activities;
• How to incorporate ‘incidental problem-solving’ into classrooms;
• Useful links for resources and task ideas, and further reading.

I hope that you find it useful!