DescriptionIn the fifth of seven clips from an after-school enrichment session in an urban middle school, Ariel, a 7th grade boy, continues his work on the Ladder Problem. Researcher John Francisco challenges...
DescriptionIn the third of seven clips from an after-school enrichment session in an urban middle school, two 7th grade boys, Ariel and James, are exploring ideas about linear functions. When Ariel explains his...
DescriptionIn the first of seven clips from an after-school enrichment session in an urban middle school, two 7th grade boys, Ariel and James, are exploring ideas about functions. Researcher John Francisco...
DescriptionIn the fourth of seven clips from an after-school enrichment session in an urban middle school, Ariel, a 7th grade boy, continues his exploration of ideas about linear functions. Researcher John...
DescriptionIn the fourth of five clips from this classroom session, the researcher, Amy Martino, returned to Alan and questioned him about the third model that he had built for finding the difference between one...
DescriptionIn the fifth of five clips from this classroom session, a visiting researcher asked David, Erik, and Meredith about the large model on the floor, which reflected their attempt to reconstruct the model...
DescriptionIn the fifth clip Michael and Brian extended their model using the orange and red train to show thirds and twelfths in addition to fourths. They showed that the difference between two thirds and three...
DescriptionIn the first of five clips from this classroom session, the researcher, Amy Martino, provided the students with an opportunity to briefly discuss a task that they had been working on during the...
DescriptionIn the fourth clip Michael and Brian worked together to compare one half and three fourths.
Michael built a model of an orange and red train, two dark green rods, and four light green rods. He then...
DescriptionIn the seventh clip, Erik and Alan worked to extend their model using the orange and red train to show fourths and halves. They concluded that three fourths was larger than two thirds by one twelfth....