This lesson gives students practice
with story problems by teaching them how to write their own and solve the problems of their classmates.
Students who struggle
with story problems because they have trouble identifying the problem structure may benefit more from targeted practice in identifying the structure than from more practice
with story problems in general.
When faced
with a story problem, many students ignore the story and look for key terms such as «more than» and try add the numbers.
Not exact matches
When I spoke
with Levchin for Inc.'s «Audacious Company»
story earlier this year, I asked him how he defines a company that's tackling important
problems.
Only there's one glaring
problem with this pleasant
story.
They create a visual
story as the discussion unfolds, which helps participants
with information retention,
problem - solving, and access to key insights.
Alas, as is often the
problem with print — particularly for those of who write blogs and books — it's that there's rarely enough space to tell the
story how you really want.
We all find ways to meet these — whether by working harder, coming up
with a big
problem, or creating
stories to rationalize them.
In an interview
with Inc. earlier this month, Josh Bersin, principal of Bersin by Deloitte, told the
story of a company that had experienced this
problem.
Postmates got $ 141 million last October (though has yet to fully solve its notorious
problem with high fees; just Google around for horror
stories of $ 20 burrito deliveries).
The analysis said the errors in the
story stemmed from the failure of several experienced editors to recognize
problems with the reporting of the piece.
There are many interesting lessons in this
story, but one main point that the reader is invited to take away is that part of America's opioid
problem has to do
with patient expectations.
For example, if you're writing about a common
problem affecting many of your clients, open your piece
with a brief
story about how Client XYZ addressed this
problem.
After weeks of denying that the spread of viral «fake news»
stories was a
problem that it needed to be concerned about, Facebook (fb) has finally announced some concrete measures designed to blunt the force of hoaxes and misinformation, including a partnership
with external fact - checking organizations who call out fakes.
Take me on a journey
with this
story about your
problem.
There was one
problem with that
story.
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With a clear four - step methodology to help readers move from idea to action, templates for readers to map out their
problems and the opposing ideas for solving them, and
with practical and memorable stories, from music mogul Jay - Z, to the founder of Vanguard Group, Creating Great Choices was written with MBA students, business managers, non-profit and government agency leaders, teachers, and even elementary school students in m
with practical and memorable
stories, from music mogul Jay - Z, to the founder of Vanguard Group, Creating Great Choices was written
with MBA students, business managers, non-profit and government agency leaders, teachers, and even elementary school students in m
with MBA students, business managers, non-profit and government agency leaders, teachers, and even elementary school students in mind.
There are two major
problems with this
story.
The
problem with making the salesperson the hero of this
story is it leaves the prospect out of the action.
There was a time when my big question about the Theranos
story was, is it a revolutionary company
with a great technology that is being unfairly nitpicked, or is it a company whose technology has big serious
problems?
Giuliani compounded Trump's
problem early this morning by confessing that the payment was made because the
story of the affair
with Daniels would have hurt Trump's chances in the election.
, money's most important role is that it gives options and solves
problems, and there are way too many
stories of successful individuals doing great things
with their wealth to make this world a better place that go unreported.
Problem is, this yarn is utterly at odds
with the data, which tells a very different
story.
It may, in fact, come to that, because among the many
problems with Mr. Giuliani's
story is that it makes him a witness to important facts in both the Cohen and Trump investigations.
One would think that
with all the sad
stories and tools published over the past twenty years, this
problem would be behind us.
In a March appearance
with Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA), documentary filmmaker Michael Moore called the Daniels
story — as well as questions about the Trump campaign's alleged collusion
with Russia — «shiny keys to distract us» from the real
problems in the country.
-- Still, same
story persists about earnings growth and economic backdrop (
problem is that no one knows how to model in impact of tariffs)- many are still afflicted
with confirmation bias and narrow vision
The
problem with story stocks is that sometimes the page turns and investors discover they're in a horror
story.
But there's a serious
problem with this assertion that's found at the heart of the Christmas
story itself.
The
problem is that Christians did not learn from the example of Jesus that the Son of God comes
with a new
story.
The
problem is not
with biblical Revelation, the
problem is when the Church or individuals within the Church interpret it as either a metaphysical treatise or a moral manual rather than the greatest Love
Story ever told.
Though there are few statistics to support Renaud's claims about the extent of the
problem, Christian media outlets like Today's Christian Woman have recently run
stories about women consuming porn, often theorizing that the habit starts
with explicit romance novels.
Along the way, other potential
problems with Nava's
story emerged.
Musically, it's a similar
story with disco, although the rhythmic superiority of hip - hop to the original disco has mitigated the
problem somewhat.
The
problem with Christianity is that you've taken fictional
stories meant to stand as allegories and moral lessons... and attempted to force them into being literal and factual.
The main
problem with these folks is that they drag their feet in coming up
with the new pretty
story.
That is how Mark ponders and wrestles
with and finally solves the
problem: Christ had to die — it was the divine decree — but Christ voluntarily accepted his death, as «for many»; and the characters in the tragedy all express, the events in the
story all serve, this one overmastering purpose.
The article, which quotes an Associated Press
story, says Miller had asked married couples in his church to share their Facebook passwords
with spouses, but couples still ran into
problems.
Usually this is the moment in my
story when I am told that my discomfort is solely my
problem and my responsibility to wrestle
with and get over, that everyone feels a little out of place when they are new, and that my identity should be first and always that of a Christian seeking unity rather than division, especially along racial and ethnic lines.
Long before humans had language complex enough to spin
stories of heaven, our distant ancestors had to deal
with their own
problems on earth.
The only
problem with the Nativity
story is if you are a literalist — either believer or non-believer.
With these and other complications and
problems, no wonder some have concluded that the whole
story of the supper is not the record of an event that was remembered and celebrated, but the cult myth of a rite that it served to explain.
My
problem with the category of «
story» is that it invites uncritical acceptance from many who see it as a new way of doing theology.
Many extrapolated from the
story to decry what they said was a larger
problem with political correctness and censorship:
The
story quotes others who have dealt
with the
problem and say that «churches are the perfect environment for sexual predators, because they have large numbers of children's programs, a shortage of workers to lead them, and a culture of trust that is the essence of the organization.»
Wrestle as we may
with the
problem of pain in God's world, there is still a meaning in the refrain of that
story, «And God saw that it was good,» which neither philosophy nor science can set aside.
Israel answers the unresolved questions of the primeval
story with a perfectly astounding affirmation: the
problems of man's rebellion against God will be answered — and are in fact now being answered — by God's own initiative and action in human history in and through Abraham and the nation Israel — in whom all the families of the earth must ultimately be blessed.
I have never had a
problem with the
story of Jesus saving the woman... but that last comment of go and sin no more always struck me as odd... so out of character
with Jesus previous statement...» Neither do I accuse you».
Likewise, wrestle as we may
with the
problem of evil, the heart of the matter is found in the great refrain of this Genesis
story after the account of each «day» of creation, which says, «And God saw that it was good.»