I videotaped my 6 year-old playing chess. We have a 19 minute tape BEFORE my memory card balked and stopped filming. It captured some well-thought moves and adroit plays, though failed to capture the child's successful checkmate. I have a hard time imagining that DYS wants to watch a 19+ minute video. Or do they? Do you think the video, which does show strong, skillful moves, would be okay even though it truncated before the game's end? Would you edit it and just include the child's well-thought moves? Would editing just to show a few strong plays really be enough? Chess games simply aren't 3 to 5 minutes.
A second video questions. Would you tape a 6 year-old describing nuclear fusion and the movement of photons through the sun's layers? Obviously, they have studied the topic. It's not original thought, and they don't add to scientific knowledge when they describe the process. At the same time, it's out-of-level. Would a video of that description be considered demonstrative of mental processes and thinking?
I feel like we're short on showing mental thought processes, but strong on out-of-level work. Any suggestions regarding these would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
