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 ...

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.

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Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students. But students often struggle when they see a combination of ...

Twenty-four first-grade children were asked to write number sentences and select appropriate alternative number sentences for addition and subtraction word problems. Responses were qualitatively ...

Background: Most Grade 3 teachers experience challenges when teaching addition and subtraction of word problems in a multilingual classroom that is being taught in the vernacular language. Objectives: ...