"Comer is also known for her dogged insistence that students solve their own problems." Setting up sensible accessible problems that are vaguely interesting to

"Comer is also known for her dogged insistence that students solve their own problems." Setting up sensible accessible problems that are vaguely interesting to students, and that lead to the development of skills is the tricky bit. It is definitely a Csíkszentmihályi situation (too hard and students give up, too 'drill like' and their eyes glaze over, too abstract and its like fat off a non-stick frying pan, and to make it more fun each student in a class has a different set of thresholds). Some examples from Maths in UK with sample student work and analysis... http://www.bowlandmaths.org.uk/assessment/index.html http://www.bowlandmaths.org.uk/assessment/index.html And some shorter tasks that the exam boards put out http://www.greatmathsteachingideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AQA-90-Problem-solving-questions.pdf http://www.greatmathsteachingideas.com/wp-content/uploads/20...