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Numberless Word Problems 🧵
Numberless Word Problems are a relatively new thing for many schools in the UK, so here's a short thread with links if you'd like to get started.
First, big praise goes to @bstockus and his blog:
bstockus.wordpress.com/numberless-wor…
#numberlesswp
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Numberless Word Problems are a relatively new thing for many schools in the UK, so here's a short thread with links if you'd like to get started.
First, big praise goes to @bstockus and his blog:
bstockus.wordpress.com/numberless-wor…
#numberlesswp
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Numberless word problems are both a reasoning and a problem solving routine.
They help to address the problem that children sometimes just look at the numbers in a word problem and calculate, without thinking about the context.
NWP provides time to think and discuss first.
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They help to address the problem that children sometimes just look at the numbers in a word problem and calculate, without thinking about the context.
NWP provides time to think and discuss first.
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NWP also aim to help to overcome one of the other issues caused by problem solving: cognitive load.
Solving unfamiliar problems with unclear starting points can be mentally taxing, and therefore less accessible than other tasks.
Slowing down and directing thinking can help.
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Solving unfamiliar problems with unclear starting points can be mentally taxing, and therefore less accessible than other tasks.
Slowing down and directing thinking can help.
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