Problem solving approach

In lab today we worked on the problem solving approach. My first thought "oh this is easy", you present them with a problem and let the students go to work. That was not the case. Ended up I needed more interaction but at the same time I did not want to be telling them how to go about it.

With the problem solving approach how do you know if your leading the students to much or not enough. Having higher order questions can help with this but still know when it is too much or not enough is something I need to work on. I also am still working on my clarity. For anyone who knows me knows I know what I mean but portraying it to others is a work in progress.

I was definitely more enthusiastic this lab just because I felt more confident about the subject matter. I felt I handled the student behaviors good as well. You need to stop students from misbehaving but also you need to let them be them and not shut them down all the time. So it again comes down to drawing a line.