DescriptionAt the start of the session, researcher Carolyn Maher asked the students if they remember working on comparing two thirds and three quarters. She mentioned that she had seen students build more than...
DescriptionIn the third clip researcher Carolyn Maher asked David to share the theory that he had formulated with the class. David, with some assistance from Erik, said that Meredith had originally built a model...
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...
DescriptionThis video comes from The Private Universe Project in Mathematics and includes narrative voice-over and interview with researcher, Carolyn Maher interspersed with footage of students engaged with...
DescriptionIn the second of eight clips from this session, researcher Carolyn Maher said, “Someone told me that the red rod is half as long as the yellow rod. What do you think?" Danielle responded that the...
DescriptionIn this edited video, the first of a set of two clips developed for the Private Universe Project in Mathematics, 12 fifth grade students during two consecutive classroom sessions work in two groups,...
DescriptionThis second clip in a set of two edited videos developed for the Private Universe Project in Mathematics, focuses on 12 fifth grade students during an extended session work individually and with their...
DescriptionThe session began with a whole class discussion about the problems that the students had worked on the day before. Afterwards, the students worked with their partners on two series of tasks. These...
DescriptionAmy Martino began the session by asking the students to discuss the task that they had worked on during the previous two sessions: Which is larger, two thirds or three fourths, and by how much?...
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...