PBV~Problem Based Video
Project Rationale
OVERVIEW
RATIONALE
WORKSHOP
FIELD TESTING
REFLECTIONS
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FUTURE PLANS
PROJECTS
:Our focus and goal for undertaking this project was to develop curriculum material that fosters good instruction. Our district recently revised the math curriculum with an emphasis on inquiry based lessons. Research also supported our decision to increase the use of inquiry type lessons in our math curriculum.

The Jasper Woodbury Problem Solving Videos developed at Vanderbilt University had been used with great success with our gifted students and was a match for the type of instruction we wanted to foster in classrooms. The Jasper Videos were geared for the middle school audience. We decided to create similar videos, specifically for the intermediate grade level.

In addition this project would further our technology goals of working with staff to develop uses of technology that reflected transforming goals.
The specific goals for the project were to create videos that:
  • Matched district curriculum grade level outcomes
  • Presented authentic problems
  • Were Open ended problems
  • Encouraged the use of cooperative groups
  • Demonstrated the value and uses of mathematics in our lives
Why Video:

Engaged Learning - Students found the videos to be engaging because of their open endedness, realism and interesting.

Efficient

  • Each video provided a virtual field trip and complete problem in 10 minutes.
  • The materials once produced could be easily disseminated to the 50+ teachers at each grade level.

Naperville Community Unit School District 203
Created: February 2002
Authors: Stephen Meehan and Rick Schrock