{"id":363,"date":"2025-02-01T15:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectmathwords.com\/?page_id=363"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:02:42","slug":"our-purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projectmathwords.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0%;margin-right:0%;margin-bottom:0%;margin-left:0%\">Math Words is an intervention for improving the understanding of mathematics vocabulary for third and fourth grade students who have difficulty in math. Success with math involves understanding the language of math. The language of math includes numbers, symbols, and words. Language is learned through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. \u00a0Math Words addresses all of these! Learning math vocabulary can be tough for students because some words have multiple meanings in math. For example, the word \u201csquare\u201d could mean the shape or to \u201csquare\u201d a number (3<sup>2<\/sup> = 9). Also, some words have different meanings outside of math. For example, the word \u201cdifference\u201d in math means the answer to a subtraction problem, but \u201cdifference\u201d outside of math might simply refer to things being different from one another (e.g., there\u2019s a difference in the weather in summer and winter). Lastly, some words sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. For example, \u201csum\u201d and \u201csome.\u201d We know that elementary students that have stronger math vocabulary knowledge perform better in math overall. However, learning math vocabulary can be even more challenging for students experiencing difficulty in math. 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