SeanNumbers-Ofala

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* The SeanNumbers-Ofala video consists of three short segments, approximately 10 minutes long in total, that can be viewed as a single video stream (see the “via BlueStream” link below). In addition, background information about the lesson and video, a transcript of the video, and the teachers’ notes and reflections on the lesson are included below as pdf downloads.* INQUIRIES/USES: This footage comes from an actual third grade classroom and was collected as part of an NSF funded project (TPE-8954724). Although we cannot make the digital video available as a download here, you may request a copy for particular uses. Specifically, our agreements with students’ families and our institutional review board that oversees the protection of human research subjects allow the video to be used in ongoing, interactive work with pre-service and practicing teachers or other educators. Other uses, such as materials development efforts, research studies, presentations, as well as other types of educational uses require special permission. Please direct all inquiries to [email protected] video segment, from a third grade mathematics class in Michigan, shows 10 minutes of a longer discussion about even and odd numbers. A boy named Sean comments that he has noticed something special about the number, six. He claims that it could be even and it could be odd. Sean explains his idea and the class goes on to discuss it, raising other perspectives, counterarguments, and questions.National Science Foundation, TPE-8954724http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65013/9/seannumbers-ofala-transcript.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65013/5/seannumbers-ofala_background.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65013/3/seannumbers-ofala_teacher-notebook.pd

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