DescriptionThis video comes from The Private Universe Project in Mathematics and includes excerpts from interviews as well as narrative voice-over, interspersed with footage of students engaged with problem...
DescriptionIn the third clip researcher Carolyn Maher stated that similarly to the number line going on and on forever, so does the numbers in between zero and one. The students then explored dividing the line...
DescriptionIn the second of 18 clips focusing on Early Algebra Ideas Involving Two Variables, Researcher Robert Davis writes the equation printed below on the white board and asks the 6th grade students to think...
DescriptionThis first of 18 clips focusing on Early Algebra Ideas Involving Two Variables occurred toward the end of the first of two consecutive 6th grade class sessions. Researcher, Robert B. Davis, builds on...
DescriptionIn the fifth of 18 clips from Early Algebra Ideas Involving Two Variables on the second of two consecutive classroom sessions with the class of 6th grade students, Researcher Robert B. Davis revisits...
DescriptionThe fourth of 18 clips from Early Algebra Ideas Involving Two Variables begins the second of two consecutive classroom sessions with the class of 6th grade students. Researcher Robert B. Davis opens...
DescriptionThis raw footage, full-session video, focuses on the overhead for the first 39 minutes and then on the class as they are working on the problems. Dr. Davis introduces Gunnar Gjone as a visiting...
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...
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 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...