Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

If Ms. Smith’s 8th grade algebra class works through 10 word problems in an hour, and Ms. Jones’ class works through 10 equation problems during the same time, which class is likely to learn more math ...

Math word problems require literacy, math, and executive function skills from young children, so mastering them is key to later school success. Credit: Philip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...

(melodious instrumental music) - Hi everyone. And welcome back to Room 9. Our region's largest classroom. My name is Mrs. St. Louis and I'm a teacher at Rogers Elementary School in the Mehlville ...

Match word problems, visual models, and expressions & equations. Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake as you add two 2-digit numbers using a decomposition strategy. Find Which One Doesn't Belong to ...

Education professors have shown that a comprehension-based strategy can help English learners improve their math word-problem solving abilities. The approach boosts reading comprehension and problem ...

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In Central Falls, R.I., teachers are trying new strategies that move away from focusing on “key words,” the traditional, simplistic approach that often leads younger students astray CENTRAL FALLS, R.I ...

A Missouri school district is now making its math curriculum more gender inclusive, updating word problems and other language-based math equations with "they/them" pronouns. As presented in a Webster ...