DescriptionResearcher Maher began the session by discussing the relative size of fractions within different models. Using the analogy of two different sized dioramas of children in a fishing boat, the class...
DescriptionDuring this session, conducted as a whole class discussion, Researcher Maher revisited the problem that the students had worked on during the previous three sessions: Which is larger, two thirds or...
DescriptionDuring this session, conducted as a whole class discussion, Researcher Maher revisited the problem that the students had worked on during the previous three sessions: Which is larger, two thirds or...
DescriptionDuring this session, conducted as a whole class discussion, Researcher Maher revisited the problem that the students had worked on during the previous three sessions: Which is larger, two thirds or...
DescriptionIn this raw footage, full-session video, Dr. Davis first introduces Gunnar Gjone as a visiting mathematics educator from Norway. The researcher, Carolyn Maher, begins the session by asking the...
DescriptionIn this raw footage, full-session video, Dr. Davis first introduces Gunnar Gjone as a visiting mathematics educator from Norway. The researcher, Carolyn Maher, begins the session by asking the...
DescriptionIn this raw footage, full-session video, Dr. Davis first introduces Gunnar Gjone as a visiting mathematics educator from Norway. The researcher, Carolyn Maher, begins the session by asking the...
DescriptionResearcher Carolyn Maher leads a whole class discussion after the students' exploration of the problem: Which is larger, one fourth or one ninth, and by how much? Several students described their...
DescriptionIn a whole-class discussion in the third of five clips from a single session, students are asked to compare and order 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 and 1/5. David shares his solution that is based on building models...
DescriptionIn the fifth clip, researcher Carolyn Maher called the class together. At the overhead, Erin, Jackie, and Jessica had built the six and twelve centimeter models. The researcher asked the class to...