DescriptionDuring this session, the students begin by working on the following problem: “Stephen has a white shirt, a blue shirt and a yellow shirt. He has a pair of blue jeans and a pair of white jeans. How...
DescriptionIn this clip, researcher Amy Martino asks Dana and Stephanie to work on an extension to the shirts and pants problem: How many outfits can Stephen make if he has an additional pair of black jeans?...
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 the last of 8 clips of second grade students, Dana, Michael and Stephanie, one of several small groups within a whole-class session, construct solutions for the Shirts and Pants problem. Stephanie...
DescriptionDuring this session, the students begin by working on the following problem: “Stephen has a white shirt, a blue shirt and a yellow shirt. He has a pair of blue jeans and a pair of white jeans. How...
DescriptionIn this clip, Jamie and Michael discuss their solutions to the Shirts and Pants Problem introduced in first clip in this series. They compare their individual solutions and find that they match....
DescriptionIn this clip, Jamie begins recording on a large sheet her solution to the Shirts and Pants Problem introduced in the previous clip in this series. As Jamie records her solution, researcher Alice...
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...
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...
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...