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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?...
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DescriptionAmy Martino introduced division of fractions by asking students to describe how many white rods equal an orange and red train. She then asked the students to name the white rod if the orange and red...
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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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DescriptionIn the second clip researcher Carolyn Maher stated that the class would be studying pieces of the number line. She referred to the homework from the prior session and stated that the class was...
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DescriptionDuring this small group activity, the students revisited the task: Which is larger, 1/2 or 1/3, and by how much? Some of the students attempted to solve the task using balance beams, but most reverted...
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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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DescriptionIn clip 4, researcher Carolyn Maher asked the class to determine the number name for the white rod in the first model that had been built, in which the orange and red train was called one. James,...
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DescriptionIn the first of eleven clips from the first day of the Early Algebra Ideas sessions, the researcher, Robert B. Davis, introduces ideas about algebraic equations with one variable and truth sets to a...
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DescriptionIn the fourth of eleven clips from the first day of the Early Algebra Ideas 6th grade class sessions, the students work in small groups to find and record solutions for the first two of a series of...
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DescriptionIn the third of eleven clips from the first day of the Early Algebra Ideas 6th grade class sessions, researcher Robert B. Davis builds on the idea about equations with one variable and integers...
