GPS: Engineering Design Problems Promote Problem Solving

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Cathrine Maiorca California State University, Long Beach, CA

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Volume 114: Issue 2
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154–158
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2020.0266
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Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Other Topic, Connections, Math Topic, Probability/Data Analysis and Statistics, Modeling, STEM

Growing Problem Solvers provides four original, related, classroom-ready mathematical tasks, one for each grade band. Together, these tasks illustrate the trajectory of learners’ growth as problem solvers across their years of school mathematics.

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© 2021 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
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6
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Feb 2021
Online Publication Date:
Feb 2021
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