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TitleContinuing to explore fraction comparisons, Clip 5 of 7: Michael and Brian compare two third and three fourths

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...

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TitleFractions, Grade 4, Clip 4 of 4: Designing a new rod set

DescriptionResearcher Amy Martino posed two related tasks to the students. In this clip, the students work on designing a rod that can be called one half when the blue rod is called one. Erik and Alan discuss...

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TitleFraction problems, Sharing and Number Lines, Clip 2 of 5: Equal shares, 3 candy bars for 25 students

DescriptionIn this second of five clips from a single class session, the students consider how 3 candy bars could have been equally distributed among their class of 25. The students had worked on this problem...

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TitleDivision of Fractions, Clip 1 of 3: How Many One Twelfths are in One?

DescriptionAmy Martino introduced division of fractions by asking students to describe how many white rods equal an orange and red train. She then asked the students to name the white rod if the orange and red...

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TitleFraction problems, Sharing and number lines, Clip 1 of 3: Sharing candy bars, Introducing the problem

DescriptionIn the first of three clips from a single class session, the researcher asks the 4th grade students to explain the mathematical task of the previous day when each of the three small groups within the...

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TitleReviewing rod relationships and the candy bar problem, Clip 2 of 6: What is the number name for red when the yellow and light green rod is two? Brian and Jacquelyn

DescriptionIn the second clip from this classroom session, researcher Carolyn Maher posed a challenge. She asked the students to name the red rod if a train of yellow and light green was called two. The...

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TitleDiscovering equivalent fractions and introducing fraction notation, Clip 1 of 5: Boats and fish, a conversation about building models

DescriptionIn the first clip, researcher Carolyn Maher began the session with a discussion about a model that Mark had made for another class. The model was comprised of a boat, a fish, and two children. The...

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TitleAlan's Infinity

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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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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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...