Problem Solving Strategies

Go to the Word Problem Solving Strategies Web site and read about the different ways to solve word problems. Then go to "Word Problems for Kids" to choose your grade level from the table of contents.

Solve two of the given problems, showing all your work on paper. After solving each problem, explain which of the problem solving strategies you used and how.

  1. Word Problem Solving Strategies
  2. Word Problems for Kids
Lesson Name:   Problem Solving Strategies
Objective:   Students will solve two word problems and explain which problem solving strategies they used and how.
Grade:   (6-8) Lesson Login:   problem_solving-a
Additional disciplines:
Computer Skills
ELA
Materials:
Computer with Internet access
Paper and pen or pencil
For AIS instruction, this lesson has been modified as follows:
In the directions, students are asked to solve 2 problems instead of 4.
Click here for the original version of this lesson.