word problems
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<<My husband's a math guy. I told him I only ever liked and understood the
word
problems, but most of my friends hated the word problems. He said the word
problems are the ONLY problems in math books. The "number problems" are the
solutions to unstated problems, without the computations done.>>
My 11yo daughter has been getting bogged down with her math. We've been using
Schoolzone workbooks and also tried making worksheets with the worksheet
factory program. (www.worksheetfactory.com ) She liked making the worksheets
but soon got stuck with them as well. "Schoolwork" is something she chooses
to do and generally enjoys and she has asked me to help her keep going with
it, so I didn't want to just ignore the problem. We had a conversation in
which she identified that just doing the number problems was too abstract and
meaningless. She said that last year's workbooks had had more word problems.
So I went online and found www.mathstories.com. I highly recommend it. Today
she did her first worksheet from that site and really liked it. I could tell
she was learning the concepts which made it easier to remember the skills and
procedures themselves. We were working on long division. She says best part
is that the word problems showed her how these skills are used in real life.
-Amalia-
word
problems, but most of my friends hated the word problems. He said the word
problems are the ONLY problems in math books. The "number problems" are the
solutions to unstated problems, without the computations done.>>
My 11yo daughter has been getting bogged down with her math. We've been using
Schoolzone workbooks and also tried making worksheets with the worksheet
factory program. (www.worksheetfactory.com ) She liked making the worksheets
but soon got stuck with them as well. "Schoolwork" is something she chooses
to do and generally enjoys and she has asked me to help her keep going with
it, so I didn't want to just ignore the problem. We had a conversation in
which she identified that just doing the number problems was too abstract and
meaningless. She said that last year's workbooks had had more word problems.
So I went online and found www.mathstories.com. I highly recommend it. Today
she did her first worksheet from that site and really liked it. I could tell
she was learning the concepts which made it easier to remember the skills and
procedures themselves. We were working on long division. She says best part
is that the word problems showed her how these skills are used in real life.
-Amalia-
Patti
Howdy fellow unschoolers!
It seems, judging by the other lists that I am on/own and talking to others
the switch over isn't going as smoothly as they thought :(. Some mail is
getting through and it's slowly catching up. If you belong to a
high-volume list, be patient as it will all get to you. If you haven't
gone to the new page to switch your information over, be prepared! I ended
up having to use some weird name/number combo's before I found one that
wasn't taken. And don't be surprised if you are a mod/owner of a group and
it asks you to join the one you own :). I found that rather amusing.
Patti (who is now known as a bunch of gobbledy-gook on yahoogroups)
It seems, judging by the other lists that I am on/own and talking to others
the switch over isn't going as smoothly as they thought :(. Some mail is
getting through and it's slowly catching up. If you belong to a
high-volume list, be patient as it will all get to you. If you haven't
gone to the new page to switch your information over, be prepared! I ended
up having to use some weird name/number combo's before I found one that
wasn't taken. And don't be surprised if you are a mod/owner of a group and
it asks you to join the one you own :). I found that rather amusing.
Patti (who is now known as a bunch of gobbledy-gook on yahoogroups)