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 ...

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.

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.

More information: H. Lee Swanson et al, The mathematical word problem-solving performance gap between children with and without math difficulties: does working memory mediate and/or moderate ...

Give Cindy Cliche a math word problem, and she can tell you exactly where most students are going to trip up. Cliche, the district math coordinator in the Murfreesboro City school district in ...

That indicates emphasizing cognitive concepts involved in the science of reading and math are key to helping students improve, according to researchers. "Word problem-solving is influenced by both ...

Related: Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem So, with the help of a trainer doing work in Rhode Island through a state grant, Molina and some of her colleagues revamped ...

A new study from the University of Kansas explores the role of working memory in word problem-solving for students with and without math difficulties. Researchers found that using interventions to ...