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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Remember that time in maths class you thought 'I won't ever use this in the real world?' Well think again. British online maths programme, Smartick created a quiz to see how well you remember your ...

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 ...