Do you stare at a math word problem and feel completely stuck? You're not alone. These problems mix reading comprehension ...

Knowing how to deal with words in the right way is a wonderful skill that we always have to train. Mastering even your entire native language is a lot more difficult than it sounds, but that doesn’t ...

Let’s pretend you’re back in math class. You might need to figure out answers to the following questions: If your doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

The puzzles look easy, and mostly they are. Given three words “trip,” “house” and “goal,” for example find a fourth that will complete a compound word with each. A minute or so of mental trolling ...