DescriptionResearcher Maher began the session by discussing the ideas that the students had worked on during the previous session. Then, the students worked in groups and revisited the task: Which is larger, one...
DescriptionDuring this session, conducted as a whole class discussion, Researcher Carolyn Maher revisited the problem that the students had worked on during the previous three sessions: Which is larger, two...
DescriptionDuring this session, conducted as a whole class discussion, Researcher Carolyn Maher revisited the problem that the students had worked on during the previous three sessions: Which is larger, two...
DescriptionThis is the third in a series of four clips from this session. The researcher, Carolyn Maher, asks the students where they would place the number “one” on the number line that Alan had made. The...
DescriptionThis is the fourth in a series of four clips from this session. The researcher, Carolyn Maher, invites the students to take turns placing a number that they have been thinking of onto the big number...
DescriptionThis session marked a departure from those preceding it as it centered around a different activity. Instead of using Cuisenaire rods to represent fractions, the students were provided ribbons, meter...
DescriptionDuring this session, Carolyn Maher asked the students to find the number of one third meter long bows from three, nine, twenty-seven, and eighty-one meters of ribbon. The students worked in partners...
DescriptionDuring this session, Carolyn Maher asked the students to find the number of one third meter long bows from three, nine, twenty-seven, and eighty-one meters of ribbon. The students worked in partners...
DescriptionIn the first clip from this session, researcher Carolyn Maher reminded the students that they had compared the fractional numbers one half and one third. For homework they had written about their...
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...