In a nationally representative EdWeek Research Center poll, 29% of math teachers said less than a quarter of their English ...

Here’s my RAND report word tree showing exactly what the problems were. It’s interactive: Clicking on related words along the branches of the word tree shed more light on what’s being discussed.

Word problem “key words” charts abound on lesson-sharing sites like Teachers Pay Teachers. These graphic organizers are designed to remind students which math words signal different operations.

Mathematical word problem-solving skills are an important area to master during education, since these skills provide a basis for applying and combining mathematical knowledge in different situations.

Csaba Csíkos, Judit Szitányi, Rita Kelemen, The effects of using drawings in developing young children's mathematical word problem solving: A design experiment with third-grade Hungarian students, ...

Study shows addressing working memory can help students with math difficulty improve word problem-solving skills Working memory shown to have key role; interventions helped students boost key ...

"Word problem-solving is influenced by both the science of reading and the science of math. Key components include number sense, decoding, language comprehension and working memory.