Twenty-four first-grade children were asked to write number sentences and select appropriate alternative number sentences for addition and subtraction word problems. Responses were qualitatively ...

Tape Diagrams: 2-Digit Addition and Subtraction | Grade 2 Special | 2m 20s Your child continues to use tape diagrams as a visual tool to solve word problems.

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Pearla Nesher, Tamar Katriel, A Semantic Analysis of Addition and Subtraction Word Problems in Arithmetic, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Oct., 1977), pp. 251-269 ...

Word problem “key words” charts abound on lesson-sharing sites like Teachers Pay Teachers. These graphic organizers are designed to remind students which math words signal different operations.

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 ...

I began to wonder: Maybe the problem was not with the word problems themselves, but with the difficulty in teaching proper problem-solving techniques.