Training
Problem Solvers Inc. has at its core a framework of problem skill development. These skills include strategies for:
- Organizing data
- Dissecting problems
- Asking questions
- Communicating understanding verbally and in writing
Basic Training
Problem Solvers Inc. offers Basic Training with 7th grade curriculum. There are mathematical skills specific to this training. These skills include:
- Using equations, graphs, tables, and stories to represent proportional relationships.
- Develop competence in comparing, ordering, computing, and graphing rational numbers.
- Learn and apply the Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Properties of Addition and Multiplication.
- Solve single- and multi-step mathematical expressions and word problems using the Order of Operations.
- Solve single- and multi-step mathematical expressions and word problems involving rational numbers, proportional relationships, and surface area and volume.
- Describe scale and the impact it has on 2- and 3-dimensional figures.
- Determine surface area and volume of cylinders, cones, and pyramids.
- Represent probability experiments in multiple ways including tree diagrams and organized lists.
- Describe a data set using measures of center.
Basic Training Calendar
The attached calendar gives a sketch of what you can expect. Please note that the hallmark of a great Problem Solver is flexibility. Expect changes!
Link to calendar here.
Unit 1
Topic - Introduction to Algebra, Linear RelationshipsTextbook - Variables and Patterns
Timeline - September 15 to October 17, 2008
Learning Goals -
- Write an equation that corresponds to a given problem situation, and describe a problem situation that corresponds to a given equation.
- Represent proportional relationships using graphs, tables, and equations, and make connections among the representations.
Key Problem - Dominic and Norm are saving money to buy a laptop computer.
Accelerated Training
Problem Solvers Inc. offers Accelerated Training with *th grade curriculum. There are mathematical skills specific to this training. These skills include:- Solve one-variable linear equations.
- Represent a linear functions with a verbal description, table, graph, or symbolic expression.
- Determine the slope and y-intercept of a linear function.
- Demonstrate and apply the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse.
- Select, construct, and analyze data displays, including box-and-whisker plots.
- Determine the reasonableness of statistical studies.
- Evaluate numerical expressions involving non-negative integer exponents using the laws of exponents and the Order of Operations.
- Represent and explain the effect of one or more translations, rotations, reflections, or dilations or a geometric figure on the coordinate plane.
Accelerated Training Calendar
The attached calendar gives an sketch of what you can expect. Please note that the hallmark of a great Problem Solver is flexibility. Expect changes!
Link to calendar here.
Unit 1
Topic - Linear Functions and EquationsTextbook - Moving Straight Ahead
Timeline - September 15 to October 24, 2008
Learning Goals -
- Solve one-variable linear equations.
- Represent a linear function with a verbal description, table, graph, or symbolic expression, and make connections among these representations.
- Determine the slope and y-intercept of a linear function described by a symbolic expression, table, or graph.
- Determine and justify whether a given verbal description, table, graph, or symbolic expression represents a linear relationship Write an equation that corresponds to a given problem situation, and describe a problem situation that corresponds to a given equation.
Key Problem - Profit for special screenings at the movie theater.
