But making word problems too basic or easy, or teaching students specific “hacks ... so he draws them a picture. “You have to help fill in some of those missing pieces so that students ...

rather than looking at the picture as a whole. That way, you can be sure you're looking at each word individually. But don't forget, you do have just 20 seconds to spot the word teach. READ MORE ...

"It was a big shift in my teaching, in my understanding ... old approaches like queuing —where kids look at pictures in a book to guess the word— are being pushed out. Instead, when students ...