Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first ... helping students conquer math. In her brightly decorated classroom one Tuesday afternoon, ...

Your child can build an understanding of addition, subtraction, and the other math concepts they are learning in first grade by playing ... child by reading math problems aloud slowly and ...

“It was a mistake,” the first grade ... word problems used in 23 textbooks in 19 countries. He found that less than one percent had “real world applications” and involved “higher order m ...

to make word problems more approachable, said Kevin Dykema, the immediate past president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and an 8th grade math teacher in Mattawan, Michigan.

It plays a central role when students attempt to solve math word problems. For the study, researchers worked with 207 third grade students ... elements of the first two; A materials-only strategy ...

You can get in touch with Jack by emailing j.beresford@newsweek.com A dad in Virginia ended up turning to social media for help after becoming confused by a first-grade math problem. Math seems to ...

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — When Natalia Molina began teaching her second grade students word problems ... math students. Teachers avoid emphasizing key words and ask students instead to identify ...