Mathematical Thinking IV: Problem Solving Approach for Lower Primary Level (Grades 1-3)

• Mathematics education, mathematical perspective and thinking, Problem finding, Problem solving, Dialectics

The online course " Problem Solving Approach for Lower Primary Level (Grades 1-3)" is part of the SEAMEO School Network Program and is composed by 4 lessons. These 4 videos were produced by CRICED-University of Tsukuba with the direction of professor Masami Isoda and the collaboration of invited guests. The videos are open for all the participants with English subtitles. The past three courses (Part I to Part III) focused on terminologies for establishment of appropriate teaching sequence which explain why we teach them at the primary level. The new course, Part IV, focuses on various problem-solving approaches by using the guidebook for teachers’ professional development of Lower Primary Level (Grades 1 to 3). Part IV consists of 4 lessons as follows: Lesson 1. Open Approach & Inquiry-based Investigation to Learn New Ideas; Lesson 2. Problem Solving Approach and Task Sequencing; Lesson 3. Dialectic Approach & Analysing Misconception of Ideas; and Lesson 4. How to Utilize Various Teaching Approaches. Consecutively, it continues as Part V for Upper Primary Level (Grades 4 to 6) and as Part VI for Junior Secondary Level (Grades 7 to 9).