Designed specifically for math instructors, the seventh workshop of a 15-part series allows time to explore Webb's DOK, ponder open-ended questions, and create lessons to apply what is learned. Teachers craft high-quality math problems...

What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...

A tutorial that explains how to solve word problems. It points out key words that signal operations or what is being measured, and wording that is confusing and needs to be simplified. Presents lots of examples, both simple and complex,...

The assessment examines how to solve word problems using time skills. For each question answered correctly learners earn more money.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video overview on how to solve word problems involving time patterns.

Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly shows how to solve word problems in which the derived equation has fractions involved. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student...

Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains how to solve word problems that lead to systems of equations, such as mixture, coin, investment, and upstream/downstream problems. There are example problems solved, problems for the...

This tutorial models how to solve word problems which state that one unknown variable is greater or less than another. Includes detailed explanations of sample problems and ten practice questions to try.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to break down a word problem into two steps to solve an addition problem with numbers up to 100. The video is followed by a series of practice...

Adult learners are a challenging group to reach when teaching basic mathematical skills. This guide presents ideas and worksheets for teaching them how to solve word problems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students solve word problems involving elapsed time. An accompanying video demonstrates how to solve a sample problem. [0:54] A set of...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students solve multi-step word problems involving money and the area of rectangles. A video shows how to solve a sample problem. [2:21] A set...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The mathematics resource includes a video and practice problems. The video is a tutorial on how to solve a subtraction word problem involving fractions with common...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A practice quiz where students use division and subtraction to answer word problems by determining how much more or less is needed to satisfy the given amount.

RQWQCQ is a good strategy to use when solving math word (or "story") problems. Each of the letters in RQWQCQ stands for a step in the strategy.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to solve word problems using both addition and subtraction. The video is followed by additional practice problems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to solve word problems where they have to add or subtract 3 or more numbers.

This site demonstrates how to solve 'coin' word problems, given relationships between the types of coins.

Demonstrates, step-by-step and with illustrations, how to set up and solve 'number' problems.

Learn how to read and understand word problems so you can solve them.

Solve word problems to find what time an event occurred or how long an event lasted. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Use this lesson to get a clear explanation of how to translate word problems into mathematical equations. Included is a table for common phrases and their mathematical symbols. Use the examples as guides for working on your own problems....

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students must solve challenging word problems involving length or distance, time, and speed. A video shows how to solve a sample problem....