Ms. Hall is a senior Math/Math Ed. Major at LSUS. In this seminar, she will be presenting her research paper on the theory and practice of problem solving. As Ms. Hall states in her paper, "In the field of education it has become increasingly more important to stress higher order thinking. This is done for good reason. The skills that students obtain when using higher order thinking carry over into everyday situations. A prime example is problem solving in the mathematics setting. Students can learn fundamental skills to solve any problem. The National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics has decreed that `learning to solve problems is the principal reason for studying mathematics'."