DescriptionThis is the third clip in a series of seven of building towers four tall problem using red and blue unifix towers. They tell the researcher that they have a total of seventeen towers. However, Brian...
DescriptionIn the 2nd of 5 clips, Stephanie and Matt, two fifth grade students are attempting to find all possible towers four cubes tall when selecting from two colors as the sample space for Question 2 of the...
DescriptionIn clip 4 of 5, fifth grade student Matt shares his understanding of Milin’s inductive argument with Robert and Michelle R. who, up to this point, found twelve, four-tall towers. Stephanie...
DescriptionIn the seventh clip in a series of eleven from the sixth of seven interviews, 8th grader Stephanie is asked by researchers Carolyn Maher and Robert Speiser to consider how the Unifix-cube towers...
DescriptionIn the sixth clip in a series of eleven from the sixth of seven interviews, 8th grader Stephanie is challenged by researchers Carolyn Maher and Robert Speiser to consider how the eight Unifix-cube...
DescriptionIn the fourth of six clips, the four students develop the structural isomorphism between adding an additional pizza topping choice and the addition rule for successive rows of Pascal’s Triangle and...
DescriptionIn the tenth clip in a series of eleven from the sixth of seven interviews, 8th grader Stephanie works with researchers Carolyn Maher and Robert Speiser to synthesize her ideas about how to build the...
Descriptionn the ninth clip in a series of eleven from the sixth of seven interviews, 8th grader Stephanie is asked by researchers Carolyn Maher and Robert Speiser to describe mathematically how she has...
DescriptionIn the eighth clip in a series of eleven from the sixth of seven interviews, 8th grader Stephanie is asked by researchers Carolyn Maher and Robert Speiser to revisit her set of six Unifix cube towers...
DescriptionIn the final clip in a series of eleven from the sixth of seven interviews, 8th grader Stephanie is challenged by researchers Carolyn Maher and Robert Speiser to extend her ideas about how to build...