Commentary: Math Problem Solving and Mental Discipline the Myth of Transferability

Lemire, David

doi:10.1080/10790195.2002.10850305

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“…First, students describe an improvement in their ability to problem solve in everyday life. This is significant because 90 years of research into outcomes of traditional math skills courses has found repeatedly that "there is little or no relationship between [traditional] math problem solving and real life problem solving" ( [3], as cited in [4, page 172]). These student comments may suggest that using brainteasers in a humanistic math course accomplishes something that traditional skills courses cannot: the transfer of problem solving ability from the classroom into everyday life.…”

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