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This study strategy is recommended for use when working with math word problems.

Survey

Read the problem rapidly, skimming to determine its nature.

Question

Decide what is being asked-in other words, what the problem is.

Read

Read for details and interrelationships.

Question

Decide which processes and strategies should be used to address the problem.

Compute

Carry out the necessary computations.

Question

Ask whether the answer seems correct. Check computations against the facts presented in the problem against basic arithmetic facts.

 

Leu, D. J., & Kinzer, C. K. (1991). Effective Reading Instruction, K-8 Second Edition.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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