While elementary school students learn 8 general structures for word problems with the four operations, middle schoolers may not. Understanding these structures can also support learning about integer word problems. Explore how the introduction of negative values relates to the problem structures and to the multiple meanings of the negative sign.
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Earlier Event: November 8
Foster and Lead a Culture of Play-ful Productive Struggle
Later Event: November 14
Reimagining How We Understand and Teach Proportional Reasoning- A Model for Collaborative PD