Teacher's Question of the Week

Q: Are there any guidelines to assist students in thinking through a problem?

A. A problem solving worksheet is available under Critical Thinking Skills in the Learning Skills section of Gyrus. Click here to go to the worksheet. While it seems well suited for thinking through a scientific problem or hypothesis, it also works well with problems arising in daily life.

The text boxes will print what shows only, so if you'd like your students to have a copy of what they write, they may need to scroll and print a second time or copy and paste to a Word doc.

Source:

Dougherty, B. Christopher and Patti Fantaske. "Defining Expectations for Problem-Solving Skills". Preparing Competent College Graduates: Setting New and Higher Expectations for Student Learning. Ed. Elizabeth A. Jones. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, No. 96, Win 1996.

Ferrer, Mark, Doug Hector, Lee Anne Kryder, Gerry Lewin, George Michaels, Stan Nicholson, Jerry Pike, and Shirley Ronkowski. Gyrus: Rapid Online Course Development System. Angular Gyrus, Inc.: 1999-2001. 55-66.