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[Course Title] Building Problem Solving Skills in Grades K-4 Students in grades K-4 are faced with new, unfamiliar problems in school each day many of them in math lessons. How do these students use their existing knowledge to make sense of new problems, and what strategies do they use to solve them? In this course, participants will learn what it means to do math problem solving activities and consider the benefits of integrating these types of problems into their elementary math instruction. Specific problem solving techniques from guess and check to create a model will be discussed. In addition to stretching and considering their own problem solving skills, participants will also analyze examples of students' work to learn about their mathematical thinking and the strategies they use when faced with unfamiliar math problems. Knowing how students are thinking about a problem is only one part of helping them to become better solvers of problems, learning to ask questions that challenge, clarify, and broaden their thinking is also essential. Participants will learn strategies for asking questions that promote problem solving skills and conduct a small group interview with students to practice these strategies. Towards the end of this course participants will apply what they have learned to their own classrooms, creating a lesson plan for integrating problem solving activities that they can use in their instruction. [Subject Area] Math [Grade Level] 
Elementary
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