Session 1A Introduction to Recommendation 3

John Woodward, Professor and Dean in the School of Education, University of Puget Sound and Chair of the Panel for IES Practice Guide, Improving Mathematical Problem Solving for Students in Grades 4 Through 8, gives an introduction to Recommendation 3, including a description of the three How-to Steps for carrying out the recommendation. He discusses some of the critical questions a teacher will need to answer in order to select appropriate visual representations for solving a problem.