First-year junior high math midterm in the second semester: points are lost on transposition signs and word problems

The second semester midterm is the first major hurdle for first-year junior high math. Unlike the positive/negative numbers ...

For word problems, first make them visible—you only truly 'understand' when you can explain it to yourself

When watching children at a tutoring school, I notice some students whose hands suddenly stop moving when they reach math word problems.It is not that they cannot do calculations at all.It is not that ...