Why Do Students Need To Be Taught Specific Strategies

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Children need to be taught specific strategies in order to solve word problems effectively. These strategies are, identifying key words (the most popular strategy reported by teachers is teaching the students to identify key words in the text, by circling, underlining, or highlighting this information ;pulling out relevant information and creating visuals to represent mathematical problems, Rachel Wise (2016), this would involve teaching reading strategies in mathematic class Hyde (2006). The other strategy stated is multi-modal teaching strategy, which is an evidence based practice in which a child is taught concepts through a variety of modes (e.g. hearing, seeing and touching). www.educationcorner.com stated that employing the SQRQCQ …show more content…

After reading, decide the most relevant aspects of the problem that need to be solved and what aspects are not needed to solve the problem. The idea here is to get a general understanding. Step 2 QUESTION Once the idea of what is being attempted to be solved is attained, learners determine the key words to govern them toward deciding on the formulas, steps and equation to utilize in order to find correct answer. Step 3 REREAD Learners are determining what needs to be solved. Rereading the problem and pay close attention to specific details. Determine which aspects of the problem are interrelated. Identify all relevant facts and information needed to solve the problem. Step 4 QUESTION Here learners are taught to determine what formulas or equations to be used to solve the problem, here steps or operations to be utilized are written down. Step 5 COMPUTE Formulas and equations identified in the previous step are used to complete the …show more content…

Airasian, Gay and Mills (2011) describe research design as a plan or a general strategy for conducting a research study and it indicate the basic structure and goals of the study (p.87). The decision was made to use case study. Airasian et. al (2011) explain a case study research as a qualitative research approach in which researchers focus on a unit of study known as a bounded system. In this study the unit of the study will be one of the selected schools in Ohangwena region. The case study is appropriate as it reveals the effectiveness of the study. 3.3 Population According to Airasian et.al (2011) population is a general term for the larger group from which a sample is selected or the group to which the researcher would like to generalize the result of the study. The population for this study were all the junior primary teachers at selected schools in Ohangwena region, Ohakafiya circuit. The Grade 3 teachers were my targeted group because they are the one who can help to provide required information for the

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