We started out the school year on this Blog talking about how to help students develop strategies that would enable them to become better problem solvers. In the September entry you will recall that I shared a slideshow I had created to teach students a process that assisted them in communicating their thinking in written form as they worked their way through problem solving tasks. At this time of year, we circle back to this previous theme as many students are being asked to put effort into final work sample tasks showcasing what they’ve learned how to do in math. To assist students in creating their best work samples, we reviewed the ROS2E problem solving process as mentioned above. (more…)