DescriptionThis was the second session that 6th grade students from the Plainfield, NJ district explored probability through dice games in an after-school enrichment program. In this video (part 1 of 2, 44a) the...
DescriptionThis video is a continuation of the second session that 6th grade students from the Plainfield, NJ district explored probability through dice games in an after-school enrichment program. In this video...
DescriptionThis video presents one view of the second and last session in which seven post-high school students discuss the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. This session took place approximately one month after...
DescriptionIn this clip, researcher Alice Alston continues a discussion started in the previous clip in this series. The discussion centers on how many towers can be built three cubes high when selecting from...
DescriptionIn this edited clip, Stephanie and Dana solve the four-tall towers problem selecting from two colors. They produce an answer of sixteen. The next excerpt shows Stephanie and Dana making a claim of...
DescriptionIn this edited clip, Stephanie answers questions from Researcher Amy Martino about her problem solving on the three-tall selecting from two colors towers problem. Stephanie explains how she used her...
DescriptionIn this problem solving session two students, Brandon and Colin, are working to solve the pizza problem when selecting from four toppings [problem statement is below]. Brandon and Colin both organize...
DescriptionA week after the first time they worked with the World Series problem, Ankur, Jeff, Michael, and Romina met a second time to work on the World Series problem. Brian was not available for this session....
DescriptionAs the students were dispersing after class, David called over researcher Carolyn Maher to share his model. He built a balance beam using one vertical and one horizontal rod, placed two light green...
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...