Viewer Discussion Is Advised

Viewer discussion is advised

Video clubs focus teacher discussion on student learning.

It’s Wednesday afternoon, and a group of 4th and 5th-grade teachers gather after school. They seat themselves around a TV monitor and discuss their day. As they get settled, a facilitator sets up the VCR and hands out transcripts for the video the group will view. The facilitator begins by saying, “Are we ready to start? Today we’ll watch a clip from Drew’s class. Students were adding and subtracting decimals and then writing numbers in decimal form. We’ll watch a few segments with different students solving problems and then talk about what they understand. OK?” The first segment, about five minutes long, shows two students using different strategies to add and subtract decimals. One student, Keara, comes to the board to explain how she added

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