Word Problems, Schmerd Problems. Strategies to Make Word Problems Accessible to All!

Description

How many times have you heard "I thought this was a math test, not a reading test?" So how can we help students with word problems? Remove the question! Doing this will transform your word problems from answer focused, to conceptually understanding the roots of the problem, and enhance students abilities to critically think through word problems.

Lead Speaker

Cody Osterhout, Broome-Tioga BOCES

Co-Speaker

Paul Volkert, Broome-Tioga BOCES

Audience

8 to 10

Topics

Building Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

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