Help students develop new problem-solving strategies.

Fifty Problem-Solving Strategies Explained

http://www.une.edu.au/psychology/staff/malouff/problem.htm

This site features 50 problem-solving strategies using categories and examples.

Assessment Model for a Design Approach to Technological Problem Solving

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v12n2/custer.html

With problem solving a major theme in education, this study (reported in the Journal of Technology Education) sought to develop a model for assessing problem solving using a design approach to the study of technology.

Solving Problems

http://www.classroom.com/community/neighborhoods/problem-solving.htm

This article on Problem Solving delves into just one of the Five Applications of Learning.

Headroom Cubby House: Problem Solving

http://www.headroom.net.au/cubby/framejamming_prob.html?prob_solve_steps.html~prob_cubby

Find a variety of solution strategies to use on this site.

Brain Teasers

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html

Whether you solve them at home or in the classroom, individually or as a group, Brain Teasers are both entertaining and mentally challenging.