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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
DescriptionAfter a discussion in the previous clip in this series about how many towers can be built three cubes high when selecting from two colors, researcher Alice Alston asks the students to create towers...
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...