Do your students struggle with math word problems? Do you struggle to help them? You are not alone and we have an evidence-based solution for you. Pirate Math Equation Quest (PMEQ) is a math word-problem intervention for students experiencing math difficulty. During PMEQ, students receive explicit instruction on reading, interpreting, setting up, and solving word problems with a focus on schemas. This course is the first in a series intended to enable educators to know what the research says to do and not do when teaching word problems, understand more deeply schema instruction (a "to do"), and then access materials and training to implement PMEQ.  

Learning objectives include:

• Learning the why - what works and what doesn't in word-problem instruction
• Understanding schema-based instruction

If the students you serve are Grades 1-3, after this introductory course you are encouraged to take the PMEQ Additive Schema course.  If your students are Grade 4 and up, you should instead take the PMEQ Additive/Multiplicative Schema course because older students need both and we'll cover both in one course.