Problem-Solving Skills
Linked to the National Curriculum aims, the following features are all based around key problem-solving skills.
Linked to the National Curriculum aims, the following features are all based around key problem-solving skills.
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Working systematically
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
These activities encourage children to work systematically in a variety of contexts.
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Mastering mathematics: developing generalising and proof
This feature focuses on generalising and proving.
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Strategy games
These strategy games are a great way of helping children develop logical thinking.
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Proof through words - number
In this feature for Primary teachers, we offer a selection of numerical tasks that lend themselves to 'proof through words'.
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Proof through words - geometry
In this feature for Primary teachers, we offer a selection of geometrical tasks that lend themselves to 'proof through words'.
Recording Mathematics
In addition to exploring the National Curriculum aims, take a look at our feature on Recording Mathematics.
In addition to exploring the National Curriculum aims, take a look at our feature on Recording Mathematics.
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Recording mathematics
This collection of activities allows you to focus on children's own representations and recordings.
Three Aims of the National Curriculum
We have some specific features that will help you embed the aims of the new National Curriculum in England (problem solving, reasoning and fluency) in your school. We have one feature on each of the aims.
We have some specific features that will help you embed the aims of the new National Curriculum in England (problem solving, reasoning and fluency) in your school. We have one feature on each of the aims.
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Number fluency
This feature brings together tasks which help to develop learners' fluency in the context of number and calculation.
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Reasoning
This feature draws together tasks which give learners opportunities to reason for different purposes.
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Problem solving
This feature details how NRICH can help you embed a problem-solving approach in your classroom.
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Celebrating solutions
This feature focuses on how children's solutions to NRICH tasks can themselves be used as a teaching resource.
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What's the problem with problem solving?
The focus of this feature is to show that every lesson can be a problem solving lesson.