DescriptionIn this short clip, James explains to Robert B. Davis his solution to the problem: Which is larger, one fourth or one ninth, and by how much? After some questioning, he explains that the train (i.e.,...
DescriptionMeredith works with her partner, Michael, as they attempt to write a number sentence that describes how many one sixths are in one. After some discussion with Michael and Amy Martino about the correct...
DescriptionIn the second of five clips from this classroom session, Alan worked alone at his desk on a new task that the researcher, Amy Martino, had posed. He built models to find the difference between one...
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 third of five clips from this classroom session, David, Erik, and Meredith are building a large model on the floor in an attempt to reconstruct what they had built in a previous session....
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 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...
DescriptionAs the students were dispersing after class, David called over researcher Carolyn Maher to share his model. He built a balance beam using one vertical and one horizontal rod, placed two light green...
DescriptionIn the fifth of six clips from an after-school enrichment session in an urban middle school, James, a 7th grade boy completing a unit about linear functions, has finished his written solution for the...
DescriptionIn the fourth of six clips from an after-school enrichment session in an urban middle school, James, a 7th grade boy completing a unit about linear functions, continues his work on the Museum problem....