DescriptionIn the third clip David, Meredith, Erik, and Alan worked to build models on the floor using rods. David built a model to test his conjecture, while Erik continued working on the thirty-six centimeter...
DescriptionIn the third clip researcher Carolyn Maher asked David to share the theory that he had formulated with the class. David, with some assistance from Erik, said that Meredith had originally built a model...
DescriptionResearcher Carolyn Maher began the session in clip 1 by stating that the class was discussing rulers at the end of the prior session. The researcher pointed out that rulers may be constructed...
DescriptionIn this clip researcher Carolyn Maher asked Graham what his argument would be for why two fourths could be labeled one half. He replied that one half plus one half would equal a whole and that two...
DescriptionIn the second clip researcher Carolyn Maher stated that the class would be studying pieces of the number line. She referred to the homework from the prior session and stated that the class was...
DescriptionIn the last of three clips in a first grade classroom, Jeff, Milin and Jamie begin by reading problem 4. Jeff, without referring to the stones or cubes, immediately states that Grandpa would have six...
DescriptionIn the first of three clips in a first grade classroom, teacher Angela Marinaro introduces the day's activity and distributes a packet of problems to each child. She first asks the students to...
DescriptionIn the first of nine clips in a first grade classroom, Teacher Angela Marinaro introduces the day's activity and distributes a packet of problems to each child. She asks the students to identify the...
DescriptionIn the third of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, are working first on Problem 3 and then on Problem 4 of a set of 6 word problems involving...
DescriptionIn the second of three clips in a first grade classroom, Jeff, Milin and Jamie begin by reading problem 2. Jeff and Milin use Unifix cubes and Jamie counts out stones to model the problem. The two...