Csaba Csíkos, Judit Szitányi, Rita Kelemen, The effects of using drawings in developing young children's mathematical word problem solving: A design experiment with third-grade Hungarian students, ...

Story problems can help young learners grasp math concepts, but teachers must design and scaffold them carefully.

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 ...

Asha K. Jitendra, Edward Sczesniak, Cynthia C. Griffin, Andria Deatline-Buchman, Mathematical Word Problem Solving in Third-Grade Classrooms, The Journal of ...

Your child continues to use tape diagrams as a visual tool to solve word problems.

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students.

Intervention based on science of reading, math boosts comprehension, word problem-solving skills English learners with math difficulty showed improvement following culturally-responsive training ...