Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had thought – new research

By cranking up the difficulty on the test task, researchers found that children are capable of finding systematic solutions ...
KQED

Four computational thinking strategies for building problem-solving skills across the curriculum

Most problems will require students to employ multiple strategies. Julie Evans, CEO of the education nonprofit Project Tomorrow, illustrated that point by asking attendees at one session to draw a cat ...
PBS

Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving – Group 1

Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving skills use reason and analysis to find solutions. Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving skills enable individuals to analyze complex situations, evaluate ...
Teachwire

Game-based learning – What we can learn from game design

What could we possibly learn about effective teaching from game design? As it turns out, quite a lot. Try these game-based ...
The Financial Express

Robots in rural India: How classrooms, curiosity and culture are powering the next innovation wave

As India looks to bridge the education divide between urban and rural regions, robotics is emerging as an unexpected but ...
Forbes

The Secret Sauce In A Best Current Thinking Approach To Problem Solving

Roger Neill’s “Best Current Thinking” approach to problem solving is a magic elixir that makes problem solving dramatically more effective by focusing attention on possible solutions. Roger first ...
Live Science

'The beauty of symbolic equations is that it's much easier to … see a problem at a glance': How we moved from words and pictures to thinking symbolically

"Even the +, −, =, and x signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of … all had expressed their equations mostly in ...
Inc

Problem-Solving Is Helpful. Overthinking Is Harmful. Here’s How to Tell the Difference

Those are the types of questions that might bombard you when you’re overthinking something. Rather than accept what happened or trudge forward with a certain degree of uncertainty, overthinking can ...