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PUP Math Towers

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MovingImage
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PM2_Towers
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Research data
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Action research
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Direct observation
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Educational interventions (large group)
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Field research
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Longitudinal data
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Continuous monitoring
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Observational data
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Brian (Kenilworth, student)
Subject
Name (authority = RBDIL_personal)
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Dana (student)
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NamePart (type = personal)
Jeff (student)
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Name (authority = RBDIL_personal)
NamePart (type = personal)
Matt (student)
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Michael A. (Kenilworth, student)
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Michael M. (Kenilworth, student)
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Michelle I. (student)
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Milin (student)
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Romina (student)
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Stephanie (student)
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Harding Elementary School (Kenilworth, N.J.)
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Topic
Mathematics education
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Topic
Critical thinking in children--New Jersey--Case studies
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Topic
3-5
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Topic
Number and operations
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Topic
Problem solving
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Reasoning and proof
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Communication
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Connections
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Topic
Representation
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Topic
Counting
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Topic
Towers
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Topic
Unifix cubes
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Topic
Classroom
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Topic
3
Subject (authority = rbdil_gradeLevel)
Topic
4
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Guessing and checking
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Recognizing a pattern
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Controlling for variables
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Topic
Drawings
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Topic
Organized lists
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Representations
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Public school
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Mixed
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Mixed
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Presentation view
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Student view
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Manipulatives (Education)--Case studies
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Physical models
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Classroom view
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Topic
4
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Geographic
Kenilworth Public Schools
Subject
HierarchicalGeographic
Country
UNITED STATES
State
New Jersey
County
Union County
City
Kenilworth (N.J.)
Abstract (type = summary)
This video comes from The Private Universe Project in Mathematics and includes narrative voice-over and interview with researcher, Carolyn Maher interspersed with footage of students engaged with problem solving and discussion with researchers about their work on building towers with unifix cubes available as a math manipulative. It begins when the students are in 3rd grade where they work with a partner on the problem: How many different towers four blocks tall can you build when selecting from two colors? Students work on the task for about an hour on the first day. The task is challenging for them, and it pushes them to invent strategies and heuristics for problem solving. About five minute into the task, the students discover that they need to check for duplicates as they try to find all the possible combinations. This prompts them to develop ways of organizing the towers they build, as they try to convince themselves, their partners, and the researchers that they have found them all and have no duplicates. The researchers return the next day and ask the students to consider building towers three cubes tall selecting from two colors of cubes. They ask the students whether they think there will be more, the same amount, or fewer towers than when they are four cubes tall. Student responses may be surprising, and they are given opportuntity to explore whether or not their conjectures are correct, as well as discover reasons why. Next, the video shows the students as 4th graders working on the task to build towers five cubes tall selecting from two colors and convince others that they have found all possible combinations. As before, the challenging nature of the task gives students opportunity to spontaneously develop new strategies. Asking students to provide convincing arguments as justification for their solutions pushes them to move beyond trial and error. The researchers conduct interviews with students the following day to find out more about what they were thinking, and about the extent to which students are aware of their own thinking.
PhysicalDescription
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1
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video/quicktime
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video/x-flv
Note (type = supplementary materials)
Transcript is also available.
Note (type = APA citation)
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. (2000). PUP Math Towers [video].
Note (type = available formats)
Resource vailable in QuickTime and Flash digital video formats.
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Maher
NamePart (type = given)
Carolyn Alexander
Role
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Researcher
Affiliation
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Martino
NamePart (type = given)
Amy Marie
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = text)
Researcher
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NamePart (type = family)
Alston
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Alice
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Researcher
OriginInfo
DateCreated
2000
Place
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Cambridge, MA
Publisher
Annenberg Learner
CopyrightDate
2000
DateIssued
2000
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Workshops (web-based) utilize the video PUP Math Towers
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Annenberg Learner, part of the Annenberg Foundation,

Advancing Excellent Teaching in American Schools

Annenberg Learner uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools.
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Private Universe Project in Mathematics Workshops. Cambridge, MA: Annenberg Learner.
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TitleInfo
Title
PUP Math Towers
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Rights

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The video is protected by copyright. It is available for reviewing and use within the Video Mosaic Collaborative (VMC) portal. Please contact the Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning (RBDIL) for further information about the use of this video.
Copyright
Status
Copyright protected
Availability
Status
Open
Reason
Permission or license
Publication
Status
Published
RightsEvent
Type
Permission or license
Label
Non-exclusive license to share the video presentation via RUcore.
Place
Cambridge, MA
DateTime (encoding = w3cdtf); (qualifier = exact)
2011-06-17
AssociatedEntity
Role
Licensee
Name
Thomas Bonnenfant
Affiliation
Section Manager, Contracts and Grants, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
RightsHolder (type = corporate)
Name
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Role
Copyright holder
Address
60 Garden St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
ContactInformationDate
2011-06-17
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Duration
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