Word Problems: Learning to Choose the Operation Before Calculating
Why pupils add every number in the problem, and how to teach them to understand the situation before calculating.
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OperationsOperations and word problems
Two games that target specific difficulties: carrying in written calculation and choosing the operation in a word problem.
Operations
OperationsWhich Operation?
Read the problem, choose the operation, then calculate. One-step and two-step problems.Work on the mistake instead of repeating exercises
Both games sort mistakes at the end. You can see whether a pupil forgets to carry, swaps digits, gets a times table wrong or chooses the wrong operation.
From calculation to meaning
The Magic Column focuses on technique. Which Operation? focuses on understanding. They work very well together over the same period of review.