Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

In a recent study from our research group, we looked into how different characteristics of mathematical word problem-solving tasks may influence elementary schooler’s performance. Mathematical word ...

This video addresses Common Core Grade 3 Standard Operations & Algebraic Thinking. WSKG is here to help you help your child understand the basic concepts of the common core curriculum with our Good To ...

In this video, you will learn how to solve a word problem using proportions. To do this we will identify our unknowns as well as our ratio of terms. We will then proceed to set up a proportion and ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...