Problem Solving for Teaching and Learning

Section 1: Setting the Scene, 1: Michael Lawson: Teacher of Teachers and Researchers, and Academic Citizen, 2: Learning is a Problem-solving Activity, Section 2: Conceptualising Problem Solving, 3: Human Problem Solving and Instructional Design, 4: Academic Challenges as Opportunities to Learn to Self-regulate Learning, 5: Word Knowledge Quality and Literacy, 6: Developing Problem Solving and Other General Capabilities: What Will It Take and How Can We Be Sure of Success?, 7: Messy Problems of Personal and Family Life: Solving Inheritance Problems, Section 3: Teachers' Knowledge and Beliefs about Problem Solving, 8: Teachers' Beliefs and Knowledge, 9: The Quality of Knowledge and Beliefs that Teachers Use When Solving Teaching and Learning Problems, 10: Problematising Assessment of Student Learning, 11: Types of Knowledge Teachers Use When Solving Educational Problems: A Case Study of the Implementation of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) Program , Section 4: Fostering Students' Problem-solving Capabilities, 12: Problem Solving by Students with Intellectual Disability, Chapter 13: What Gifted Students and a Regular Class of Primary School Students Know and Do about Problem Solving, Chapter 14: Problem Solving Using the Keyword Method and Mental Imagery During Vocabulary Recall, Chapter 15: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Problem-solving Practice When Learning Basic Addition Facts, Chapter 16: Problem Solving in Mathematics: Evidence of High-gain Strategies, Chapter 17: Synergy between Teachers' Knowledge and Students' Learning: Perspectives from Research on Mathematics Education, Chapter 18: Reflections on a Ten-year Research Partnership with Glenunga International High School