Professor Barble
Real World Problem Solving
Meet Professor Barble, the problem-solving explorer of Mathville! He loves tackling real-world problems with his Math Mights friends, but he’s learned that the numbers aren’t always the first thing to solve. With his special thinking tool, Professor Barble reminds students to slow down, understand what the problem is asking, and use model drawing before jumping into computation.
Visual models are your “secret weapon” to help students learn to solve any kind of word problem!
From part-whole addition problems to additive comparisons problems, the Math Word Problem Journals help you develop a common language for problem solving as they learn to create visual models that represent all the portions of the problem.
Slow Down. Think It Through. Solve It.
Professor Barble’s Step-by-Step Checklist helps students slow down and make sense of word problems before jumping into computation. Teachers model the process first, then students use the checklist to read, visualize, solve, and explain their thinking independently.
