Problem Solving and Enquiry 5-14
Strategy or process problems
In this video clip, two infant teachers give their classes a problem to solve. Ann Murray in St Matthew’s Primary School has a P1 class, whose challenge is to make some necklaces, and Lynne Milroy in Balfron Primary School, using the context of a story, asks her P2 class to make some flags.
Points to consider
As you look at these video clips can you decide which strategies the teachers are trying to develop?
Are there other strategies that you think might be appropriate for P1 and P2 pupils?
Can you think of other contexts and materials the teachers could have used to target the same strategies?
| Video 1: Developing strategies in infant classes | |
|---|---|
| Description | Extracts from P1 and P2 problem solving lessons |
| Duration | 1 |
| Windows version |  Windows Media video: Developing strategies in infant classes |
| Mac version |  QuickTime movie: Developing strategies in infant classes |
| Transcript | Developing strategies in infant classes |
Ideas and links
- St Matthew’s Primary School
A P1 problem solving lesson.
- Balfron Primary School
Problem solving in a P2/P3 class.