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DescriptionIn this clip from 4th grade classroom study, students discuss the placement of numbers between zero and one on a number line. A debate ensues as to how many numbers exist between zero and one. Andrew...

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TitleFraction problems, Sharing and Number Lines, Clip 1 of 5: Which is more, 1/4th or 1/9th of a candy bar? How much more?

DescriptionIn this clip, the first of five clips from a single class session, the researcher asks the students to review how they were able to show that 1/4 is larger than 1/9 by 5/36. The students had worked...

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TitleIntroducing fraction equivalence and an exploration of fraction comparison, Clip 4 of 4: Finding the number name for the difference between one half and one third

Date Created1993

DescriptionDuring this small group activity, the students revisited the task: Which is larger, 1/2 or 1/3, and by how much? Some of the students attempted to solve the task using balance beams, but most reverted...

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TitleFractions, Grade 4, Clip 2 of 4: Additive vs. multiplicative reasoning

DescriptionResearcher Amy Martino posed two related tasks to the students that highlighted the difference between additive and multiplicative reasoning. First, she asked the students: If we call the orange...

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TitleReviewing rod relationships and the candy bar problem, Clip 4 of 6: Switching units, candy bar metaphor

DescriptionIn the fourth clip from this classroom session, researcher Carolyn Maher led a whole class discussion. She told the class that she gave each of the two adults who were in the room half a chocolate bar...

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TitleComparing fractions, a whole class debate, Clip 5 of 5: The difference is one sixth

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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TitleComparing fractions, a whole class debate, Clip 1 of 5: Is one fifth equal to two tenths?

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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TitleComparing fractions, a whole class debate, Clip 2 of 5: Remembering the candy bar

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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TitleComparing fractions and evaluating models that represent solutions, Clip 5 of 8: Small group work, comparing one half and one fourth

DescriptionIn clip 5, researcher Carolyn Maher then asked the students to compare one half and one quarter and determine the difference between the two. The students worked in their groups to build models that...

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TitleComparing fractions and evaluating models that represent solutions, Clip 6 of 8: Graham and Michael share their model

DescriptionResearcher Carolyn Maher then asked the students to share their solutions as a class and Graham and Michael responded. Graham said the orange and the red would be called one and the dark greens would...