First-year junior high math midterm in the second semester: points are lost on transposition signs and word problems

The second semester midterm is the first major hurdle for first-year junior high math. Unlike the positive/negative numbers ...
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Word Problems Get a Bad Rap in Math Class. Here’s How to Get Them Right

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.

For word problems, first make them visible—you only truly 'understand' when you can explain it to yourself

When watching children at a tutoring school, I notice some students whose hands suddenly stop moving when they reach math word problems.It is not that they cannot do calculations at all.It is not that ...
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The Best Ways to Teach Word Problems So All Students Understand

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...