Transcript: Learning from “Oops!” in the Classroom

Ms. Arrillaga:

Now we’re going to look at Olivia and what Olivia did, and here it says, “Oops.”

“I counted up from eight to eleven. There are four numbers. Eight, nine, ten, eleven. The difference is four.”

Students:

“I counted up from eight to eleven. There are four numbers. Eight, nine, ten, eleven. The difference is four.”

Ms. Arrillaga:

I want you to think about what Olivia did. Okay, I would like you to turn and talk to your partner.

Student 1:

… and Olivia got it wrong because 11, you subtract eight, and it equals… It’s not four. It’s…

Student 2:

Do you want help?

Student 1:

Yeah.

Student 2:

It equals three equals 11. But said, she taught you’re not supposed to go, “eight, nine, 10, 11.” You’re supposed to put the eight in your head and then go, “nine, 10, 11.”

Student 3:

[inaudible 00:01:02] You need to go past the first number and then go to the number that you are finding.

Student 1:

You got to a friendly number.