Problem-Solving Strategies in Mathematics: From Common Approaches to Exemplary Strategies by Alfred S. PosamentierMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a guide and classroom resource that can also assist an independent student looking to broaden his or her problem-solving strategies. The level is appropriate for secondary education. The reader can easily be the student looking for a self-contained overview to take at any pace or the educator looking to interject fresh material into a lecture or lesson. Each of the ten strategies present contrasting solutions in a format meant to provide insight into the problem. Only elementary mathematics is used as the goal is to improve the student’s procedure, not enlarge on mathematical techniques or even increase mathematical sophistication, per se. In the suite of examples, I feel the authors missed three opportunities: helpful duplication for contrasting, editing out unnecessarily similar examples, and including analytic geometry techniques appropriate for the target audience...
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