Alaura Bailey

This document has a description of Polya's four step process for solving problems. It has a list of questions and methods that a student might use to solve a word problem. There is a worked out example using Polya's steps and an accompanying worksheet as a follow up to the reading. Then there are four word problems for students to solve using the steps and a writing prompt. These word problems use expression, equations, and proportions to solve them.