National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2013 Regional Conference and Exposition: Louisville, Kentucky

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210- Whatever Happened to Problem Solving in the Math Curriculum?

Friday, November 8, 2013: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Room 106/107 (Kentucky International Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Frank K. Lester


If problem solving is to be the focus of school mathematics, why has it all but disappeared from our texts? I have written extensively about mathematical problem solving over the past forty years. In this session I will discuss the role of problem solving in instruction and what we should do to make it more central in our curricula.

Presentation Format: General Interest / All Audiences Session
Grade Band Audience: General Interest/All Audiences

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