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Elementary Problem Solving: The Early Years
[Rescued from my old blog. To read the entire series, click here: Elementary Problem Solving Series. Photo by Studio 757 via flickr.] You can begin to teach your children algebraic thinking in...
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Elementary Problem Solving: The Tools
[This article begins a series rescued from my old blog. Moving has been a long process, but I'm finally unpacking the last cardboard box! To read the entire series, click here: elementary problem...
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Penguin Math: Elementary Problem Solving 2nd Grade
The ability to solve word problems ranks high on any math teacher’s list of goals. How can I teach my students to reason their way through math problems? I must help my students develop the ability to...
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Ben Franklin Math: Elementary Problem Solving 3rd Grade
The ability to solve word problems ranks high on any math teacher’s list of goals. How can I teach my students to solve math problems? I must help them develop the ability to translate “real world”...
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Elementary Problem Solving: Review
[Bill Watterson identifies the trouble with math problems, through the eyes of Calvin and Hobbes.] It’s time to revive and (hopefully!) finish my long-neglected series on solving word problems in...
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Algebra: A Problem in Translation
[Photo by *Irish.] In my post Elementary Problem Solving: The Tools, I introduced word algebra as a way to help students think their way through a story problem. In the next two posts, I showed how the...
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Narnia Math: Elementary Problem Solving 4th Grade
[Photo by armigeress.] In 4th grade, math problems take a large step up on the difficulty scale. Students are more mature and can read and follow more complex stories. Multi-step word problems become...
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Word Problems from Literature
[Photo by Passion of Bilwa.] I’ve put the word problems from my elementary problem solving series into printable worksheets: Word Problems from Mr. Popper’s Penguins Word Problems from Poor Richard...
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Hobbit Math: Elementary Problem Solving 5th Grade
[Photo by OliBac. Visit OliBac's photostream for more.] The elementary grades 1-4 laid the foundations, the basics of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions. In...
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