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Ep 122: How to Help Students Choose Which Operation in a Word Problem

From Math is Figure-Out-Able! · Hosted by Pam Harris & Kim Montague

2022-10-18·1169

Episode summary

In this episode of Math is Figure-Out-Able!: When dealing with word problems it can be tricky for students to decide which operation to use, so we need a way to help them memorize what to do in any given situation... right? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss how reasoning empowers students to skip rotely memorized steps to choosing operations and get straight to problem solving!

Original publisher description

When dealing with word problems it can be tricky for students to decide which operation to use, so we need a way to help them memorize what to do in any given situation... right? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss how reasoning empowers students to skip rotely memorized steps to choosing operations and get straight to problem solving! Talking…