First-year junior high math midterm in the second semester: points are lost on transposition signs and word problems

The second semester midterm is the first major hurdle for first-year junior high math. Unlike the positive/negative numbers ...
Education Week

The Best Ways to Teach Word Problems So All Students Understand

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...
Education Week

Why Word Problems Are Such a Struggle for Students—And What Teachers Can Do

Want to learn more? Sign up for a free five-week email mini-course full of research-backed strategies to help students make sense of math. Give Cindy Cliche a math word problem, and she can tell you ...
PBS

Story Problems and Equations

Join Mrs. Markavich with a Mystery Math Mistake - see if you can help D.C. and Value Pak with an addition mistake! We'll also solve word problems and write equations to match. Episode 318/1st Grade ...