DescriptionIn the fourth clip Erik repeated the explanation of his model to the classroom teacher. His model consisted of a train of three orange and one dark green rod and lined up four blue rods. He lined up...
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 the second clip, researcher Carolyn Maher asked the students what the model that was next in size would look like. Brian said that it would equal the length of twenty-four white rods. The...
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 fifth of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, revisit their solutions to the first four problems of a set of six word problems involving...
DescriptionIn the sixth of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, revisit and reconsider their solution to Problem 5 of a set of 6 word problems involving...
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 eighth of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, respond to their teacher, Angela Marinaro, when she asks them to explain their solutions to...