Description
TitleFraction as number, an introduction, Clip 1 of 8: Assigning number names to rods
PublisherNew Brunswick, NJ: Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, , c1993-09-20
DescriptionThis video was recorded during the first of many research sessions in a yearlong study conducted in a fourth grade classroom by researcher Carolyn Maher and colleagues. At the start of this session, students were introduced to Cuisenaire rods, which they would begin to use as tools for building models to represent fractions as numbers. In the first of eight clips from this session, the researcher posed the first task to the students. She said, “I claim that the light green rod is half as long as the dark green rod. What do you think? What would you do to convince me”? The students proceeded to use the rods to model the problem. The researcher asked Erin to respond. Erin, who had not used rods before, replied that it was true, and reasoned directly by putting two light green rods next to the dark green rod and showing that they were equal in length. Next, the researcher asked the students to name the light green rod if the dark green rod was called one and Kelly and the rest of the class agreed that it would be called one half.
RightsThe video is protected by copyright. It is available for reviewing and use within the Video Mosaic Collaborative (VMC) portal. Please contact the Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning (RBDIL) for further information about the use of this video.
Date Captured1993-09-20
Local IdentifierA74A75A76-FRC-CMPRF-CLIP001
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Date: 2009
Author: Yankelewitz, Dina (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
Name: The development of mathematical reasoning in elementary school students' exploration of fraction ideas
Reference: http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001500001.ETD.000054787
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Reference: http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000055125
Source
Title: A76, Fraction as number, an introduction (presentation view), Grade 4, September 20, 1993, raw footage.
Identifier: A76-19930920-CNCR-PV-CLASS-GR4-FRC-CMPRF-RAW
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Title: A74, Fraction as number, an introduction (classroom view), Grade 4, September 20, 1993, raw footage.
Identifier: A74-19930920-CNCR-CV-CLASS-GR4-FRC-CMPRF-RAW
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Title: A75, Fraction as number, an introduction (side view), Grade 4, September 20, 1993, raw footage.
Identifier: A75-19930920-CNCR-SIV-CLASS-GR4-FRC-CMPRF-RAW
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