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THINKING THROUGH MATH WORD PROBLEMS

Strategies for Intermediate Elementary School Students

Art Whimbey, Education Consultant, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jack Lochhead, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Paula B. Potter, Associate Superintendent, Darlington County School District

This innovative text teaches elementary school students the techniques of critical thinking and problem solving and applies those methods to mathematical word problems. It supplements traditional fourth, fifth, and sixth grade textbooks and increases students' thinking and problem solving abilities.

Students are taught the fundamentals of these processes by applying them both to simple and multistep problems which are provided. These problems—many written by elementary school pupils—gradually increase in difficulty, making learning both fun and stimulating. Special attention is given to typical errors and sources of conceptual difficulty.

Contents: Addition and Subtraction. Multiplication. Division. Fractions.

0805806032 [paper only] / 1990 / 152pp. / $14.95

0805809120 [Teacher's Manual] / Free

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