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.