Geometric-measurement - Session 7: Volume Learning Trajectory – Mathematical goals

Part 1: Overview

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Overview

Session 6 concluded the sequence of sessions focused on the Learning Trajectory for area measurement. Session 7 launches work on the volume Learning Trajectory by focusing on the mathematics of volume measurement. The work in this session includes

  • Measuring the room in a new way
  • Exploring the concept of volume and how students think about volume
  • Analyzing the ways that volume appears in the standards for student learning
  • Unpacking the mathematics involved in measuring volume

Key Points

Sessions 7, 8, and 9 will focus on each of the key components of the Learning Trajectory for volume measurement:

  • the goal (i.e., the key concepts involved with measuring volume)
  • the developmental progression (i.e., levels of thinking through which the typical child passes when learning these ideas), and
  • instruction (i.e., the ways teachers can support students’ learning of these ideas).

The scientific approach to Learning Trajectories weaves together ideas and practices drawn from standards, curriculum, teaching, and assessment.

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  • Geometric Measurement Home
  • Sessions
    • Session 1: Length Learning Trajectory – Mathematical goals
    • Session 2: Length Learning Trajectory – Developmental progression
    • Session 3: Length Learning Trajectory – Instructional tasks and teaching strategies
    • Session 4: Area Learning Trajectory – Mathematical goals
    • Session 5: Area Learning Trajectory – Developmental progression
    • Session 6: Area Learning Trajectory – Instructional tasks and teaching strategies
    • Session 7: Volume Learning Trajectory – Mathematical goals
    • Session 8: Volume Learning Trajectory – Developmental progression
    • Session 9: Volume Learning Trajectory – Instructional tasks and teaching strategies
    • Session 10: Connecting dimensions of measurement

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