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TitleFraction as number, an introduction, Clip 8 of 8: Emphasizing precise language in problem posing
DescriptionDuring the eighth and final clip from this session, Meredith and Sarah are working together to make up problems for one another to solve with the rods. Meredith asks Sarah "If you called one...
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DescriptionAmy Martino leads a whole class discussion during which they talk about ways of writing number sentences for two problems: 1) How many one sixths are in one? and 2) How many one twelfths are in one?...
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Date Created1989-03-21
DescriptionIn the third of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, are working first on Problem 3 and then on Problem 4 of a set of 6 word problems involving...
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DescriptionIn the fifth clip from this classroom session, researcher Carolyn Maher asked the class to compare one half and one third and determine which is larger and by how much. The class worked on this...
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DescriptionThis is the last of seven clips from the night session. The students (Ankur, Jeff, Michael, and Romina) explain to Brian, a late-comer, the meaning of Pascal’s Identity (the addition rule for...
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Date Created1992-02-07
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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...
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Date Created1993-09-24
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...
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Date Created1992-06-15
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DescriptionIn this clip researcher Carolyn Maher asked Graham what his argument would be for why two fourths could be labeled one half. He replied that one half plus one half would equal a whole and that two...
