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TitleTowers Group Sharing, Clip 3 of 6: Guessing how many towers can be built three cubes high, continued
PublisherNew Brunswick, NJ: Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, 1990-10-11, c1990-10-11
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T30K26ZR
DescriptionIn this clip, researcher Alice Alston continues a discussion started in the previous clip in this series. The discussion centers on how many towers can be built three cubes high when selecting from two colors. Some students guess that there would be the same number of towers built from three cubes as there are from four. When questioned why she believes the number of towers would be the same, Stephanie answers that removing one block from a tower would not “change the whole thing [because] it’s just going to be one less”. Other students offer their opinions; one says there would be a “lot more”, some say there would be the same number, and some say there would be fewer. After hearing the students’ guesses, the researcher asks the students to create towers three high and see how many there are, reminding the students that all the towers must be different.
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 Level3
Student ParticipantsDana (student), Stephanie (student), Milin (student), Brian (Kenilworth, student), Jeff (student), Joey (student), Lauren (student), Steven (student), Michelle D. (student), Michelle I. (student), Michelle R. (student)
MediatorsAlston, Alice S. (Researcher)
CorporateHarding Elementary School (Kenilworth, N.J.)
SettingClassroom
Student GenderMixed
Student EthnicityMixed
Camera ViewsPresentation view
RightsThe 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.
Date Captured1990-10-11
Local IdentifierB51-CMB-T4T-CLIP003
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   Type: Related publication
   Label: Ed.D. dissertation references the video footage that includes Towers Group Sharing, Clip 3 of 6: Guessing how many towers can be built three cubes high, continued
   Date: 1992
   Author: Martino, Amy Marie (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)

   Name: Elementary students' construction of mathematical knowledge : analysis by profile
   Reference: QA.M386 1992
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   Title: B51, Towers Group Sharing (presentation view), Grade 3, October 11, 1990, raw footage.
   Identifier: B51-19901011-KNWH-PV-CLASS-GR3-CMB-T4T-RAW
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