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DescriptionIn the sixth of eight clips from this session, researcher Carolyn Maher asked the students to work with their partners to come up with questions to challenge the class. Alan was first to present his...
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DescriptionIn clip seven, researcher Carolyn Maher told the students to use the remaining class time to challenge their partners with problems using the rods. Erik asked Alan, “If a light green was one third,...
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DescriptionThis video was recorded during the first of many research sessions in a yearlong study conducted in a fourth grade classroom by researcher Carolyn Maher and colleagues. At the start of this session,...
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TitleFraction as number, an introduction, Clip 4 of 8: Establishing a unit for comparing length of rods
DescriptionIn the fourth of eight clips from this session, researcher Carolyn Maher mentioned that she had heard a student suggest that the red rod be called one if the dark green rod were called one. She asked...
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TitleFraction as number, an introduction, Clip 8 of 8: Emphasizing precise language in problem posing
DescriptionDuring the eighth and final clip from this session, Meredith and Sarah are working together to make up problems for one another to solve with the rods. Meredith asks Sarah "If you called one...
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DescriptionIn the fifth of eight clips from this session, researcher Carolyn Maher asked the class to give a number name for the red rod if the brown rod was called one. Danielle explained that it would be...
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DescriptionIn the second clip of this classroom session, researcher Carolyn Maher reminded the students about the “Candy Bar” problem that they had discussed in an earlier session. She showed the students a...
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DescriptionIn this clip at the start of the session, researcher Carolyn Maher placed an overhead on the projector and asked the students to read the problem that was written. She then asked what they remembered...
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DescriptionIn the fifth and final clip from this session, researcher Carolyn Maher asked Jessica to re-explain her original model. Jessica restated her argument, saying that the model showed that one half was...
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DescriptionIn the fourth clip from this session, Jessica reported that Jackie and Kelly’s argument was different than their original argument in which they had showed the difference between one half and one...
