A Math Exploration of Wonder!

Explanation of Activity:

This is a 3-Act-Task based on a math series by Dan Meyer, Kyle Pearce, Graham Fletcher and others. Normally this kind of activity would be done in class under the supervision of a teacher, who would take the students step-by-step through the process. This is an affordance that is similar to telling stories, but could also be categorized as a demonstration (Woolfit, 2015). Instead of simply watching the video straight through to the end, it is broken into three parts. The first part captures the students' interest and encourages curiosity. The second video gives additional information which allows the student to solve the problem. The final video makes it more obvious what the answer is. There is no exact answer reveal, so the students are left relying on their problem solving skills. This is a very engaging activity, and could be considered "generative", as the students will actively participating throughout the video segments, and in-between (Mayer, 2020).

I created this video at my school, and edited it using Cyberlink Powerdirector. I added a music track from Chosic.com onto each video.

References:

Downtown Glow by Ghostrifter & Devyzed

Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0

Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Mayer, R. E., Fiorella, L., & Stull, A. (2020). Five ways to increase the effectiveness of instructional video. Educational Technology Research & Development, 68(3), 837–852. https://ezproxy.tru.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=143677118&site=ehost-live

Woolfit, Z. (2015). The effective use of video in higher education (Rep.). Retrieved October 2, 2018, from https://www.inholland.nl/media/10230/the-effective-use-of-video-in-higher-education-woolfitt-october-2015.pdf