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 ...

For the study, researchers worked with 207 third grade students with and without math difficulties to see how working memory influenced their abilities to solve word problems.

Teachers share how they model problem-solving, build conceptual understanding of equations, and collaborate with math educators.

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication ...

Elementary students in some schools are using math to try to solve real problems, helping them see its practical applications.

RI EDUCATION Schools are teaching math word problems all wrong. But some educators have found a better way. In Central Falls, R.I., teachers are trying new strategies that move away from focusing ...

Read math problems out loud If your child is struggling with math problems, have them read each problem out loud slowly and carefully, so your child can hear the problem and think about what is ...

What Can Stand in the Way of a Student's Mathematical Development? Math disabilities can arise at nearly any stage of a child's scholastic development. While very little is known about the ...

Prodigy, a mathematics gaming company, recently made 120 examples of math word problems for students in grades 1-8 available to teachers at no cost.

These strategies involved the students in (a) giving an explanation to a peer observer in sign language, after which they would put their understanding of a problem and its solution in writing; (b) ...