Thank you for this! I have been using the numberless word problems with mini-whiteboards for the past few weeks, so after reading this I used your prompt to generate questions and ran it as a group challenge (first writing the equations using x as the unknown variable, then solving for x once I had checked the equations). It was a great way to get them to practice in a different, more active and discussion-generating context. They loved it.
Wow, thanks for providing the AI prompt! I've been playing around with ChatGPT (is that the AI platform you use?) but I hadn't used it yet to actually generate problems.
I like your idea of having students sort problems into different types - another strategy that I've used with students is Numberless Word Problems. You can see the explanation here: https://numberlesswp.com/what-are-they/, but essentially, the idea is that you give students problems with no numbers first to get them to start thinking about the relationships present in the problem and then you add more numbers and more complexity bit by bit. He has a problem bank and you can see how he structures problems. I think he is a ES teacher so the problems are a bit too easy for me, but I've used the structure to make students for my Algebra 1 classes and it's been a good way to go over word problems + conceptual relationships at the same time.
I mostly use ChatGPT for these and it works decently well, I haven't tried this prompt with other models so I couldn't say which is the best.
I've used Numberless Word Problems as well. I really like them as a way to introduce a new topic. I think "just enough" problems can complement NWP as a way to practice and consolidate learning.
Thank you for this! I have been using the numberless word problems with mini-whiteboards for the past few weeks, so after reading this I used your prompt to generate questions and ran it as a group challenge (first writing the equations using x as the unknown variable, then solving for x once I had checked the equations). It was a great way to get them to practice in a different, more active and discussion-generating context. They loved it.
Glad to hear it!
Wow, thanks for providing the AI prompt! I've been playing around with ChatGPT (is that the AI platform you use?) but I hadn't used it yet to actually generate problems.
I like your idea of having students sort problems into different types - another strategy that I've used with students is Numberless Word Problems. You can see the explanation here: https://numberlesswp.com/what-are-they/, but essentially, the idea is that you give students problems with no numbers first to get them to start thinking about the relationships present in the problem and then you add more numbers and more complexity bit by bit. He has a problem bank and you can see how he structures problems. I think he is a ES teacher so the problems are a bit too easy for me, but I've used the structure to make students for my Algebra 1 classes and it's been a good way to go over word problems + conceptual relationships at the same time.
I mostly use ChatGPT for these and it works decently well, I haven't tried this prompt with other models so I couldn't say which is the best.
I've used Numberless Word Problems as well. I really like them as a way to introduce a new topic. I think "just enough" problems can complement NWP as a way to practice and consolidate learning.