Tom Meyvis is in the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012, USA. Heeyoung Yoon is in the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York ...

Solving word problems is a key component of math curriculum in primary schools. One must have acquired basic language skills to make sense of word problems. So why do children still find certain word ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...