“But the average kindergarten teacher is not thinking about that ... inspired by Powell’s work — teachers had struggled for years with word problems, said Kelly Ulmer, a math support specialist whose ...
In Central Falls, R.I., teachers are trying new strategies that move away from focusing on “key words,” the traditional, ...
In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten ... supplemental math curriculum for Murphy’s whole class at Hilltop Elementary in this suburb of Philadelphia, is an attempt to address those problems.