Attention Quote by George Polya

“4. What do I know about the problem? 5. What are the fields I need to learn about the problem? 6. What could be…

— Zoe McKey

It is evident that one cannot say anything demonstrable about the problem before having resolved these preliminary questions, and yet we hardly possess the…

— Georges Cuvier

A good problem statement often includes what is known, what is unknown, and what is sought.

— Edward Hodnett

Most teachers waste their time by asking question which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of…

— Albert Einstein

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

— Anonymous

You don't actually need to know anything, you can find out at the point when you need to know it. It's the teachers job…

— Sugata Mitra

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

— Roger Lewin

“It is not the teacher's proper task to be constantly testing and checking the understanding of the learner. That's the learner's task, and only…

— John Holt

“dumb principal” problems.”

— Richard H. Thaler

A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it…

— Howard Whitley Eves

If we ask enough questions about a difficult assignment, we can get the teacher to make it easier and less demanding.

— Joseph Barrell

“Research shows that the average elementary teacher may ask as many as 348 questions a day (Sadker & Sadker, 1982), whereas the students may not ask any.”

— Jane E. Pollock