DescriptionDuring this session, Carolyn Maher asked the students to find the number of one third meter long bows from three, nine, twenty-seven, and eighty-one meters of ribbon. The students worked in partners...
DescriptionDuring this session, Carolyn Maher asked the students to find the number of one third meter long bows from three, nine, twenty-seven, and eighty-one meters of ribbon. The students worked in partners...
DescriptionThe session began with a whole class discussion about the problems that the students had worked on the day before. Afterwards, the students worked with their partners on two series of tasks. These...
DescriptionThe first of 8 clips with second grade students focuses on a classroom session where the children are working in small groups to solve a task involving volume. Researcher Amy Martino asks the...
DescriptionDuring this session, the students begin by working on the following problem: “Stephen has a white shirt, a blue shirt and a yellow shirt. He has a pair of blue jeans and a pair of white jeans. How...
DescriptionIn this clip, researcher Amy Martino asks Dana and Stephanie to work on an extension to the shirts and pants problem: How many outfits can Stephen make if he has an additional pair of black jeans?...
DescriptionDuring this session, the students begin by working on the following problem: “Stephen has a white shirt, a blue shirt and a yellow shirt. He has a pair of blue jeans and a pair of white jeans. How...
DescriptionIn the second of 8 clips with second grade students, researcher Amy Martino interviews Jeff about how he and his group, which had included Stephanie and Brian, approached the candy heart problems in...
DescriptionIn the third of 8 clips with second grade students, researcher Amy Martino interviews Stephanie about how she and her group, which included Jeff and Brian, had approached the candy hearts problems in...
DescriptionThe sixth of 8 clips with second grade students focuses on Dana, Michael and Stephanie, one of several small groups within a whole-class session working on the lollipop problem. Researcher Amy Martino...