Why do Teachers teach students multiple strategies to solve math problems?
Teaching students multiple strategies to solve problems and letting students choose the best strategy that works for them. I love it when students can take ownership of a certain way to solve a problem and find success. Teaching students multiple strategies to solve problems and letting students choose the most efficient strategy for themselves motivates students to want to learn more.
The stability of individual differences in cognitive traits is greater than the stability of individual differences in emotional traits.
Understanding how a variety of problem-solving strategies work is important because different problems typically require you to approach them in different ways to find the best solution.