My sixth-grader and several of her classmates recently joined an organization I'd never heard of until this year—the Future Problem Solving Program (FPSP). As I watched her team compete this June at ...

Math Forum staffer seeks to help students understand and excel at math. The Math Forum‘s Max Ray has authored a new book, Powerful Problem-Solving: Activities for Making Sense with the Mathematical ...

Problem-solving therapy (PST) helps individuals manage stress by breaking down challenges into practical, manageable steps. The aim of the therapy is to help people cope more confidently with ...

Choose one day in a week that is just for creating a maze in your children’s room. You can make it out of pillows, toys or even chairs. It is important that you let your child find its own way through ...

Transfer of math, physics, and communication skills into the entry-level photonics workforce, NSF Award 1432578, Sept 2014 – Aug 2019 Exploring factors that shape education & workplace training on ...

No matter how well a couple gets along, communicating and decision-making take time and effort. Even partners who share the same values and styles face challenges on where to spend their time, money, ...

In my last post (Video Games, Problem-Solving and Self-Efficacy - Part 1), I talked about how games are just one part of the changing media environment that creates new assumptions and expectations ...

There are a lot of books with this game that you can buy. However, you can create it on your own as well. From any text (newspapers, book) you cut parts of images and let your child find matching ...