Many math teachers use word problems to help students transfer mathematical concepts and procedures to real-world contexts. Do you think word problems are an effective way of doing that? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Word problems are one step in the right direction, in that they relate mathematical concepts and procedures to situations that resemble real-life events. However, word problems have at least two limitations:
• They are usually well-defined problems that present all the information that students need to solve them—nothing more, nothing less. In contrast, real-life problems are often ill-defined; for instance, people must actively seek out all the necessary information, and they must discriminate between relevant and irrelevant data.
• Notice how Ms. Fieseler "assigns word problems related to whatever topics are currently under discussion.". Many students learn to apply the mathematical procedures they have most recently learned when they solve word problems—a strategy that is often quite effective within the context of a math class. But as a result, the students do not learn to discriminate among different kinds of problems and the procedures that each one requires.
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