Problem solving is as challenging for teachers as it is for students.
But you don t have to go it alone. Mathematics and Science Education Center offers resources and technical assistance to help you. The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory s Mathematics and Science Education Center embraces this recommendation and that of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to place problem solving at the center of mathematics education. It is for this reason that mathematics problem solving was selected as the theme of the inaugural issue of Northwest Teacher . We believe that mathematical problem solving involves much more than the routine use of algorithms.