Welcome to Maths Brownie.
A little corner of the internet where I collect and share ideas, resources and the occasional opinion on teaching mathematics.
Hannah’s Sweets, once such an original problem—almost laughably difficult—now contains maths that has become standard.
These resources are designed to make the problem-solving strategy the purpose of the teaching episode, not just an add-on.
Most problem-solving lessons I've seen have been either unproductive or not really problem solving at all. Here's why my thinking about teaching problem solving has started to change.