Schema-based Strategies for Solving Math Word Problems

Step 1: Problem Identification1. Present problems that include all knowninformation (values) – no unknowns.2. Read the problem/story.There are 18 ducks. Then 5 more swimover. Now there are 23 ducks.3. Verbalize your thought process.– Retell the story in your own words.– Ask yourself whether it is a change problem. Does ithave a beginning, then something added or taken away,and an ending?4. Provide guided practice and corrective feedbackuntil students are proficient.