Cognitively Guided Instruction, Lesson 3:

Other problem types with distinct direct modeling strategies (JCU, SRU and CDU)

Ways to learn:

• Lecture
  • :video 1 (JCU);
  • video 2 (SCU);
  • video 3 (CDU);(send me an e-mail if any of these are hard to hear)
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• Watch also 3 of the videos from the CD Childrens Strategies that comes with the book Childrens Mathematics (the blue CD). If you run the Start.exe program on the CD, you will find that there are 2 tabs available: the first is Addition and Subtraction, and the second is Multiplication and Division. From the Addition and Subtraction tab, you should be watching the 3 short clips that show children solving problems by direct modeling.
• Childrens Mathematics Chapter 2: Addition and Subtraction Problem Types and Chapter 3: Addition and Subtraction, Children's Solution Strategies (read about Direct Modeling Strategies pgs 15-18)

Check your understanding:

• Questions
• Answers