CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — When Natalia Molina began teaching her second grade students word problems earlier ... rely on key words to introduce math problems. Posters displaying the terms ...

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — When Natalia Molina began teaching her second grade students word problems earlier ... rely on key words to introduce math problems. Posters displaying the terms ...

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.

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 ...

That indicates emphasizing cognitive concepts involved in the science of reading and math are key to ... responsive. "Word problems are complex because they require translating words into ...

One approach to early elementary word problems that is taking off in some schools, including Segue Institute, has its origins in a special education intervention for struggling math students. Teachers ...

Most students were stymied by problems ... for struggling math students. Teachers avoid emphasizing key words and ask students instead to identify first the conceptual type of word problem ...