This chart describes important skills related to learning and using math procedures. Necessary Subskills Common Obstacles Student recognizes when a rule or procedure is called for in a problem. Student has trouble knowing if a rule or procedure is required to solve a problem. Student applies math rules correctly when computing or working through a problem. Student has trouble applying rules to solve a problem, such as the rules for borrowing or carrying.
Student can learn and work with multi-step algorithms for computing.
Student gets confused when working with algorithms that involve several steps, for example, when doing long division.