Debrief
Deconstruct the experience. What are the three acts of this story? What were the teacher moves? How is it different than the same kind of problem in a textbook?
Finish the Story
Which acts are missing? What media or information would you need to gather to turn these partial stories into complete math problems?
Homework
- Email a photo or a video that’s less than one minute long to dan@mrmeyer.com that you think will provoke a lot of questions. Also bring it tomorrow.
- Take the end-of-the-day survey.
- Deciding on a promising question or content standard for your own three-act task.
For assignment #1:
- +1 – It generates a question.
For assignment #3:
- +1 – It generates a question.
- +1 – That question is guessable.
- +1 – Answering the question requires more information.
- +1 – Interpreting the answer requires contextual knowledge.
- +1 – The answer can be validated.
- What is the answer?
- What question leads to that answer?
- How can I develop that question?
- through visuals
- through guesses
- through arguments
- through modeling
- How can I extend that question?
