Professor Lindsay Logan who was responsible for drawing up the guidelines for problem solving in the maths curriculum in Scotland and Isabel Murphy, Education Officer and former headteacher, review 'Problem Solving in Primary Maths: The Session' with the teacher, Mark Valentine. They discuss some of the challenges of teaching problem solving - how and at what stage to introduce problem solving strategies, the appropriate moment to intervene when children get stuck, ensuring children co-operate and listen to each other, 'reporting back' as an essential part of the problem solving process - and the life skills promoted by including problem solving in the curriculum.

Video Series: Problem-Solving in Primary Maths
Release Date 2006