Ep 122: How to Help Students Choose Which Operation in a Word Problem
Math is Figure-Out-Able!
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How to Help Students Reason About Which Operation
Students are not reasoning additively or multiplicatively before they hit a word problem. They don't have the numerical relationships, which isn't just numerical relationships. Teachers need to help students understand and create those mental relationships so that when you reach a word problem that calls for addition or subtraction, you're reasoning additively.
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