HELP YOUR STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY AND CREATIVELY THROUGH TEAM-BASED PROBLEM SOLVING INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON TESTING AND OUTCOMES.  Professionals throughout the education system are recognizing that standardized testing is holding students back. Schools tend to view children as _outcomes_ rather than as _individuals_ who require guidance on thinking critically and creatively. _Awesome Math _focuses on team-based problem solving to teach discrete mathematics, a subject essential for success in the STEM careers of the future. Built on the increasingly popular growth mindset, this timely book emphasizes a problem-solving approach for developing the skills necessary to think critically, creatively, and collaboratively. In its current form, math education is a series of exercises: straightforward problems with easily-obtained answers. Problem solving, however, involves multiple creative approaches to solving meaningful and interesting problems. The authors, co-founders of the multi-layered educational organization AwesomeMath, have developed an innovative approach to teaching mathematics that will enable educators to: * Move their students beyond the _calculus trap_ to study the areas of mathematics most of them will need in the modern world * Show students how problem solving will help them achieve their educational and career goals and form lifelong communities of support and collaboration * Encourage and reinforce curiosity, critical thinking, and creativity in their students * Get students into the growth mindset, coach math teams, and make math fun again * Create lesson plans built on problem based learning and identify and develop educational resources in their schools _Awesome Math: Teaching Mathematics with Problem Based Learning_ is a must-have resource for general education teachers and math specialists in grades 6 to 12, and resource specialists, special education teachers, elementary educators, and other primary education professionals.