"Keep your pencil sharp and your mind open!" says the young host of this excellent guide to solving mathematical word problems. While having a positive attitude is the first step towards any academic success, teachers also know how difficult it is to get students over the "this-is-too-hard-I-give-up-now" hurdle. Loaded with practical tips and strategies, this encouraging program follows the progress of a group of students in their teacher's after-school math club. Problems are solved--in real-time--using a variety of approaches, reflecting the reality that students have different learning styles. Drawing on the advantages of the video format, the program presents a dramatic re-enactment of each word problem tackled, which will help students visualize the problem's setup (and the accompanying curriculum includes all of the word problems solved in the program). Much better than Learn Math Quickly, Vol. 5: Word Problems (VL-5/97), this is highly recommended. Aud: I, J. (E. Gieschen)
Word Problems? No Problem!
(2001) 17 min. $69.95 (includes downloadable teacher's guide & curriculum). SVE & Churchill Media. PPR. Volume 17, Issue 6
Word Problems? No Problem!
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