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Session 10, Part A:
Observing a Case Study (25 minutes)
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To begin the exploration of what topics in number and operations look like in a classroom at your grade level, watch a video segment of a teacher who took the Number and Operations course and then adapted the mathematics to her own teaching situation. When viewing the video, keep the following questions in mind:
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a. | What fundamental ideas (content) about number and operations is the teacher trying to teach? |
b. | What mathematical processes does the teacher expect students to demonstrate? How does this lesson help students achieve reasonable estimations and fluent computations? |
c. | How do students demonstrate their knowledge of the intended content? What does the teacher do to elicit student thinking? |
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Problem A1 |  |
Answer questions (a), (b), and (c) above.
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At what point(s) in the lesson are the students learning new content?
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Problem A3 | |
How do students transfer their knowledge of base ten to base five? What is the evidence? |
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Problem A4 | |
What was the benefit of having students use base five, rather than another base, to examine the concept of bases? |
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Problem A5 | |
Discuss the role of manipulatives in Ms. Miles's lesson. How did they help deepen the students' knowledge of the content area? |
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Problem A6 | |
Ms. Miles's lesson was based on Session 3 of this course. Discuss the ways in which her lesson was similar to and different from the one in this course. What adaptations did she make, and why? |
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