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Have you ever tried using actual colored masking tape or receipt paper? At first kids say they dislike the picture representations, but then they see the benefit!

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Go Math needs more bar modeling!  I used this problem solving strategy today with a 5th grade class.  They were so much more able to simplify the problem using the bar model strategy!  

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Go Math needs more bar modeling!  I used this problem solving strategy today with a 5th grade class.  They were so much more able to simplify the problem using the bar model strategy!  

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"...The smartest and most successful people are the ones who are constant and deliberate learners." George Couros

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"...The smartest and most successful people are the ones who are constant and deliberate learners." George Couros

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1. Draw a picture
2. Make a model (BAR MODELS!)
3. Act it out!
4. Make a graph
5. Make a simpler problem
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SO... What does this LOOK like in the classroom?

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SO... What does this LOOK like in the classroom?

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- Make problems RELEVANT to students
- Extend word problems to other scenarios (What if...)
- Have students write their own word problems with a partner to increase problem solving discourse
- Give students practice with MATHEMATIZING word problems
- Compare different problem types
- TALK, TALK, TALK! Listen in on how students problem solve in partnerships. What are some areas you could address in minilessons to improve their thinking and overall approach to problem solving?
- Teach BOTH comprehension skills and mental representation skills (visualization)
- CHOOSE GREAT WORD PROBLEMS FOR STUDENTS TO WORK WITH! good problems integrate multiple topics and will involve significant mathematics

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• Usually struggle in reading
• Often come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds or minority culture groups and/or linguistic backgrounds
• Respond to word problems with kind of a "suspension of sensemaking" without explicit instruction in HOW to go about solving word problems

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"Word Problem Solving in Contemporary Math Education: A Plea for Reading Comprehension Skills Training" by Anton J.H. Boonen, Frontiers in Psychology (February 2016)

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"Word Problem Solving in Contemporary Math Education: A Plea for Reading Comprehension Skills Training" by Anton J.H. Boonen, Frontiers in Psychology (February 2016)

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Study of 6th grade students who completed word problems with a focus on mental representation skills (visualization) vs. just a focus on reading comprehension skills- the RESULT- even successful word problem solvers had a low performance on semantically complex word problems despite adequate performance on semantically less complex word problems.
TAKE AWAY- Reading comprehension skills should be given a (more) prominent role during word problem solving instruction! Just relying on visualizing is not enough when word problems become more semantically complex!

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To turn words into numbers!

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"Word Problems: Connecting Language, Mathematics and Life", Dr. Richard Barnell, University of Ottawa

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"Word Problems: Connecting Language, Mathematics and Life", Dr. Richard Barnell, University of Ottawa

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"In the same way that an understanding of the structure of stories makes students better readers of stories. So an understanding of how word problems work as a genre can make students better readers and problem solvers."

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Dr. Richard Barwell, 2011 (University of Ottawa)

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Dr. Richard Barwell, 2011 (University of Ottawa)

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"Students are quite able to mathematize situations based on real-world considerations when writing word problems of their own- the challenge is to draw upon this ability, so that students can respond appropriately to word problems they have not seen before."