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

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

Solving word problems is a key component of math curriculum in primary schools. One must have acquired basic language skills to make sense of word problems. So why do children still find certain word ...

Match word problems, visual models, and expressions & equations. Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake as you add two 2-digit numbers using a decomposition strategy. Find Which One Doesn't Belong to ...

In Central Falls, R.I., teachers are trying new strategies that move away from focusing on “key words,” the traditional, simplistic approach that often leads younger students astray CENTRAL FALLS, R.I ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

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 ...

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