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At Shepherd Primary, Mrs. Clarks’ kindergarten class is learning about problem solving with simple addition. For one of their problem solving activities, students used a variety of adding strategies ...

Education professors have shown that a comprehension-based strategy can help English learners improve their math word-problem solving abilities. The approach boosts reading comprehension and problem ...