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Coding Strategies for Math Word Problems

This document provides a strategy for coding word problems to help students solve them. It involves having students use different writing tools to underline numbers, highlight key words, blacken distracting words, and circle the question word. This helps students focus on the important information needed to complete the standard steps to solve word problems. The strategy should be taught after students have learned the basic steps for solving word problems and may need to be simplified for younger or struggling students.

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Coding Strategies for Math Word Problems

This document provides a strategy for coding word problems to help students solve them. It involves having students use different writing tools to underline numbers, highlight key words, blacken distracting words, and circle the question word. This helps students focus on the important information needed to complete the standard steps to solve word problems. The strategy should be taught after students have learned the basic steps for solving word problems and may need to be simplified for younger or struggling students.

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Math

Strategy: Coding Word Problems

Appropriate Grade Level: 1-12

Procedures/Steps:
1. Start with a mathematical word problem. Steps for Solving Story
Problems
2. Review the steps to solving a word problem. 1. Read the problem carefully.
2. Look for the question or key words.
3. Find the information or numbers.
3. Specifically address the step in solving word 4. Make a plan.
problems that deals with finding the information 5. Solve the problem.
6. Check your answer.
in the problem.

4. Have students use writing tools (pencils, highlighters, pens, crayons, etc.) to “code”
the story problem in the following manner:

Example: - Use a colored pencil to underline the information


Tommy has 8 marbles (numbers) in the problem.
in his pocket. While - Use a highlighter to highlight the key words or
playing marbles at question.
recess he wins 9 more - Use a black crayon or marker to blacken
marbles. How many distracters (unimportant wording).
marbles does Tommy - Use a pencil to circle the word in the question that
have in all? will go with the answer.

5. Have students use the items they “coded” to complete the rest of the steps to solve the
word problem.

Comments and/or tips:


- This strategy should be taught along with or closely after a lesson on the steps for
solving word problems.
- Simplify this for younger students or students who struggle with math by using fewer
utensils.

Source:

Wadlington, E., and Wadlington, P.L., (2008). Helping students with mathematical
disabilities to succeed. Preventing School Failure. 53(1), 2-7.

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