by Megan Murray | May 21, 2018 |
The other day I visited a class that was at the very beginning of How Many Tens? How Many Ones?, the final unit of the grade 1 sequence on Addition, Subtraction and the Number System. The class began with a conversation in which they modeled, recorded, and discussed...
by Megan Murray | Mar 12, 2018 |
On a recent visit to a small district in the Midwest, I got the chance to visit a third grade class that was working on division (3U5, Session 3.4). When I joined Nicole, she was in the middle of working on the following problem: Gil loves toy cars. He saved enough...
by Megan Murray | Jan 8, 2018 |
Imagine you are 6 years old. Or 7. You know you can use your fingers to model subtraction. For example, for a problem where there are 7 grapes and 2 get eaten, you can raise 7 fingers, put down 2, and count how many are left. But what do you do when the problem...
by Megan Murray | Oct 9, 2017 |
Our colleague, Myriam Steinback, is heading off on a new adventure. Her departure, after 21 years directing Investigations Workshops, gives us the opportunity to reflect on her work and contributions. Investigations professional development provides opportunities for...
by Megan Murray | Sep 25, 2017 |
Over 20 years ago, just out of college, I applied for a job at TERC after seeing an ad in a newspaper. A project called Investigations in Number, Data, and Space was looking for a classroom observer. I had spent most of my college years volunteering in an elementary...
by Megan Murray | Sep 5, 2017 |
We – the staff of the Investigations Center for Curriculum and Professional Development – are thrilled that the new Investigations 3 website is live, and are particularly excited to now have a blog. We have been reading lots of blogs in anticipation of starting our...
