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TitleEarly algebra ideas involving two variables: Romina and Brian work on Guess My Rule problems 3 and 4
Date Created1993-10-01
DescriptionThis video comes from a 6th grade class session in which the researcher, Robert B. Davis, introduces algebraic equations with two variables, using a square “box” and a “triangle” as symbols to...
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Date Created1990-10-11
DescriptionAfter the students have worked on the Towers Problem in the Towers series, researcher Alice Alston facilitates a group sharing session. She begins by asking how many towers the students have found and...
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Date Created1992-02-06
DescriptionIn this video, the fourth grade partners Romina and Brian are constructing a solution to the “Towers Problem 5-High.” PROBLEM STATEMENT: "Your group has two colors of Unifix® cubes. Work...
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DescriptionIn this clip, researcher Amy Martino introduces the following problem to the students: “How many different towers four blocks tall can you build when selecting from two colors?” Dana and Stephanie...
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TitleTowers with Stephanie and Dana, Clip 2 of 5: Finding seventeen towers and checking for duplicates
DescriptionIn this clip, Stephanie and Dana continue working on the Towers Problem, introduced in the previous clip in this series. For each tower that they create, Stephanie checks it against the ones they have...
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TitleTowers with Stephanie and Dana, Clip 3 of 5: Checking for duplicates and discovering “cousin” towers
Date Created1990-10-11
DescriptionIn this clip, researcher Alice Alston asks Stephanie and Dana how many towers they have created. The two girls had been working on the Towers Problem introduced in the first clip in this series. After...
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Date Created1990-10-11
DescriptionIn this clip, Stephanie and Dana continue to work on the Towers Problem, introduced in the first clip in this series. Stephanie tells another group of children to double-check their towers for...
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Date Created1990-10-11
DescriptionIn this clip, Stephanie and Dana work on recording their solution to the Towers Problem, introduced in the first clip in this series. As Dana finishes her recording her towers solution individually,...
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Date Created1990-10-11
DescriptionIn this clip, researcher Alice Alston leads a discussion about how many towers could be built three cubes high when selecting from two colors. In the previous clip, the students had discussed their...
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Date Created1999-05-18
DescriptionThis video comes from an interview conducted by researcher Carolyn Maher with Romina as an 11th grader and participant of a long-term study on development of mathematical thinking and reasoning in...
