Under the Common Core State Standards, math teachers whose students have varying levels of English comprehension are using innovative ways to teach them math, the vocabulary of math and to discuss how ...

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Breaking down math steps into clear language is one way teachers can help English-learners grasp both the content and academic language.

Education professors have shown that a comprehension-based strategy can help English learners improve their math word-problem solving abilities. The approach boosts reading comprehension and ...

Beware of teaching math vocabulary out of context! For example, teaching students that “less than” means “subtract” gets muddy as students advance through more challenging word problems ...

Teachers in three school systems learned strategies to help multilingual learners engage with rigorous math assignments.

Competency with mathematics requires use of numerals and symbols as well as an understanding and use of mathematics vocabulary (e.g., add, more, triangle). Currently, no measures exist in which the ...

HARRISBURG, Penn. — IXL, the personalized learning platform used by more than 13 million students, announced that the Pennsylvania Evidence Resource Center (ERC) has added IXL Math and IXL English ...

English Language Learners (ELLs) at risk for math disabilities (MD) are challenged in solving word problems for numerous reasons such as (a) learning English as a second language, (b) limited ...