Rutgers/Lucent ALLIES IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY Grant
Using technology not simply to do things better, but to do better things.

PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES

SIMPLIFY

BREAK IT UP

GUESS & TEST

Work BACKWARDS

LOOK for a PATTERN

CHECK a REFERENCE

Physically ACT IT OUT

Make an ORGANIZED LIST

Use LOGICAL REASONING

Find the HIDDEN QUESTIONS

Use ARITHMETIC or ALGEBRA

Make a TABLE, CHART or GRAPH

Make a DIAGRAM or ILLUSTRATION