Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Solving Word Problems with Thinking Blocks

Word problems are always more of a challenge than just mere computation.  Thinking Blocks is a website that specializes in presenting word problems in a format that allows students to easily model and compute the information in a step by step format.  You can choose from addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and ratio problems.  The great thing about this site is that you can do a problem yourself or you can watch a problem solved correctly by the computer.  It also makes for a great interactive whiteboard activity since you can easily make it full screen.  This would be recommended for intermediate grade levels, but could always be used as a quick review activity in a jr. high setting.  Did someone say math extended response practice?



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