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C03, 02-06-1992, Problem-solving: Romina and Brian, grade 4, collaboratively build Towers 5-high aiming to exhaust all possible towers [video]. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-bdj4-7w80

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TitleC03, 02-06-1992, Problem-solving: Romina and Brian, grade 4, collaboratively build Towers 5-high aiming to exhaust all possible towers

PublisherNew Brunswick, NJ: Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, 1992-02-06, c1992-02-06

Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-bdj4-7w80

DescriptionOn February 6, 1992 two classes of 4th grade students at Harding Public School in Kenilworth, NJ were given the ―Towers 5-high‖ task involving a choice of two colors of Unifix cubes. Romina and her partner, Brian, were in the class using blue and white cubes. They sat in the back of the classroom, furthest from the chalkboard.

Math StrandCounting, Combinatorics

Math ProblemTowers

NCTM Grade Range3-5

NCTM Content StandardNumber and operations

NCTM Process StandardProblem solving, Reasoning and proof, Communication, Connections, Representation

Forms of Reasoning, Strategies and HeuristicsCounting, Direct reasoning, Guessing and checking

Grade Level4

Student ParticipantsBrian (Kenilworth, student), Romina (student)

MediatorsAlston, Alice S. (Researcher)

CorporateHarding Elementary School (Kenilworth, N.J.)

SettingClassroom

Student GenderMixed