DescriptionIn this short clip, James explains to Robert B. Davis his solution to the problem: Which is larger, one fourth or one ninth, and by how much? After some questioning, he explains that the train (i.e.,...
DescriptionResearcher Chuck Walter conducts an interview with rising senior Romina after her participation in an intensive matheamtical problem-solving experience in a summer institute. Interview questions...
DescriptionResearcher Maria Steffero conducts an interview with Romina as an adult, who recently completed her M.B.A., and asks her to reflect on her participation in a long-term study on development of...
DescriptionIn this task-based interview Brandon, a 10-year-old 4th grade boy, shares his ideas with the researcher, Amy Martino, about two problems that he had solved in earlier class sessions. In the first...
DescriptionIn this task-based interview Brandon, a 10-year-old 4th grade boy, shares his ideas with the researcher, Amy Martino, about two problems that he had solved in earlier class sessions. In the first...
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...
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...
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...
DescriptionAmy Martino leads a whole class discussion during which they talk about ways of writing number sentences for two problems: 1) How many one sixths are in one? and 2) How many one twelfths are in one?...
DescriptionIn the first of three clips from a single class session, the researcher asks the 4th grade students to explain the mathematical task of the previous day when each of the three small groups within the...