These student-constructed problems foster collaboration, communication, and a sense of ownership over learning.
a fun game to play and work on a puzzle around true or false. These two lessons continue to work with numbers, give you a fun game to play and work on a puzzle around true or false. These two lessons ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...