Another effective strategy for helping students improve their mathematics performance is related to solving word problems. More specifically, it involves teaching students how to identify word problem types based on a given problem’s underlying structure, or schema. Before learning about this strategy, however, it is helpful to understand why many students struggle with word problems in the first place.
Difficulty with Word Problems
Most students, especially those with mathematics difficulties and disabilities, have trouble solving word problems. This is in large part because word problems require students to:
Read the problem.
Write down the facts and figures.
Find a relationship between what is given and what must be found.
Do the work.
2/3 = 8/12
1/4 = 4/12
You start with 8/12 and eat 4/12 so 4/12 (or one quarter) remains.
It's C)12 squared because you have to look outside of the box
EF and GH. those are the right answers
