Students are eager to share answers. It could be fifteen 2-point shots. Mrs. Fondant has one of the students explain scoring possibilities. Students are using a variety of tools to work on the problem. In this example, solution strategies vary, but answers are the same.
Several students offer possible answers.
The teacher directs them to work alone or with a partner to figure out as many answers as they can. Walking around, she notices that some are constructing tables, others are using formulas, and still others are randomly writing down combinations as they occur to them. After a few minutes, Mrs. Fondant asks if they are ready to talk about what they have found. They seem to be, so she asks one girl for one of the combinations that she worked out. This student already assumes that justifying her answer is part of giving it.