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.

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 ...

Join Mrs. Gray for Numeracy Talk with Dotson working on conservation to 10.

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 ...