Teach Problem Solving to Help Your Students Achieve Lifetime Success

More recently, phrases like "problem-based learning" have gotten a lot of publicity in education. This methodology allows students to learn more through hands-on experience and the teacher is asked to step back and enter the role of facilitator rather than lecturer. However, state tests are center stage, and the pressure for your students to make top scores looms in the near distance. Many teachers feel that testing gets in the way of effective methods of teaching like problem-based learning, and they don't measure student creativity or critical thinking--skills that are essential for them to have in grown-up jobs. Read about how some teachers are trying to change that!