The authors of Classroom Discussions talk about how George Polya outlined a four-step problem solving method. It's interesting to me because our school was part of an Action Research project a few years ago that focused on problem-solving. Teachers within our school created a method called "RIDE" (Read It, Imagine and Plan, Do It, Explain). At the time, I didn't realize that it was based off of Polya's method.
The four-step problem-solving method:
1. understand the problem;
2. make a plan for solving the problem;
3. carry out the plan; and
4. look back and reflect on the answer in terms of the initial question.
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