For students with mathematics difficulties (MD), math word problem solving is especially challenging. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a problem-solving strategy, bar model ...

Most math teachers also reported difficulty teaching multi-step word problems, which can take students longer to decode.

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 ...

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

One hundred twenty-eight children in Grades 1, 2, and 3 were given two multiplication and four division word problems that differed in semantic structure. The children's solution strategies were ...