DescriptionDuring this session, conducted as a whole class discussion, Researcher Maher revisited the problem that the students had worked on during the previous three sessions: Which is larger, two thirds or...
DescriptionDuring this session, conducted as a whole class discussion, Researcher Maher revisited the problem that the students had worked on during the previous three sessions: Which is larger, two thirds or...
DescriptionResearcher Maher began the session by discussing the ideas that the students had worked on during the previous session. Then, the students worked in groups and revisited the task: Which is larger, one...
DescriptionResearcher Maher began the session by discussing the ideas that the students had worked on during the previous session. Then, the students worked in groups and revisited the task: Which is larger, one...
Description“You could either have topping or no topping.” Students realized that the general tower problem and the general pizza problem have the same answer: 2^n.
Description“Everything we ever do always is like the tower problem.” Students worked on the 5-topping pizza problem. Mike introduced binary notation as a way to list the answers to the pizza problem. ...
DescriptionThis is the second session of Cohort Two of the Informal Mathematics Learning study. In this clip, students are discussing their responses to prompts involving the relationship between Cuisenaire...
DescriptionThis is the first session that Cohort Two of the Informal Mathematics Learning study. Students make observations about the Cuisenaire rods and make claims about relationships involving the rods.
DescriptionIn the fifth of five clips, Romina, Brian and Michael, describe patterns and relationships identified in their solution to the Taxicab problem to Arthur Powell, a second researcher. The students...