Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 27 Issue 2, September 1988
29 – 31
George A . Calder
Effectively teaching word problems in algebra is probably as difficult for teachers as solving the problems is for students. Some textbooks approach word problems as individual sets. That is, age problems are treated in one section, mixture problems in another section and motion problems in a third section. Other textbooks purport to intersperse word problems throughout the text.
