Posts Tagged: Jean Piaget

Word Problems or Conceptual Connections?

“Children need models more than they need critics.” -Joseph Joubert It’s the beginning of a new school year. The students are ready to begin working on one of the most exciting mathematical concepts they’ll encounter this year…drum roll, please…WORD PROBLEMS! And, another drum roll, please…as your grade level increases, so do the number of steps in the word problems.…