Do you stare at a math word problem and feel completely stuck? You're not alone. These problems mix reading comprehension with complex math concepts, making them a common hurdle for students. The good ...

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

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In a recent study from our research group, we looked into how different characteristics of mathematical word problem-solving tasks may influence elementary schooler’s performance. Mathematical word ...

A member of our research community, Terhi Vessonen and her co-authors, looked into how different characteristics of mathematical word problem-solving tasks may influence elementary schooler’s ...

This video addresses Common Core Grade 3 Standard Operations & Algebraic Thinking. WSKG is here to help you help your child understand the basic concepts of the common core curriculum with our Good To ...

In this video, you will learn how to solve a word problem using proportions. To do this we will identify our unknowns as well as our ratio of terms. We will then proceed to set up a proportion and ...