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

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Let’s pretend you’re back in math class. You might need to figure out answers to the following questions: If your doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would ...

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A new study from the University of Kansas explores the role of working memory in word problem-solving for students with and without math difficulties. Researchers found that using interventions to ...

The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 107, No. 3 (Autumn, 1994), pp. 423-439 (17 pages) Students in 11th grade (N = 208) were assessed twice on the solution of algebraic word problems that ...

Problem-solving skills are at the top of everybody’s list of what makes for a great leader. The mindset is that if you can solve problems, you’re going to go far. But in reality, only people who solve ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Students’grasp of the non-mathematical language in a mathematics story problem—such as vocabulary and syntax—may have an important effect on ...

While we can’t fix everything, there’s a fundamental truth that most large problems begin as small problems that, left unattended, grow or propagate. There are always plenty of problems to be solved.

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...