"Taking out the numbers and question allowed every student to think about the meaning of the sentence, the implied mathematical connections, and plan a solution pathway before jumping into a solution attempt." #StoryProblems #NumberlessWordProblems #MathematicalAgency
Making Sense of Word Problems
I am sure we have all seen it happen at one time or another in math class. We give a student a story problem to solve and after a quick skim, the student pulls the numbers from the problem, compute…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Taking out the numbers and question allowed every student to think about the meaning of the sentence, the implied mathematical connections, and plan a solution pathway before jumping into a solution attempt." #StoryProblems #NumberlessWordProblems #MathematicalAgency