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Poster Session: Cognitive Demand

Published on Nov 20, 2015

Helping teachers achieve high cognitive demand in their lessons

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Cognitive Demand

"It's all About the Task and the struggle!"
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Cognitive Demand Levels

  • Memorization
  • Procedures w/o Connections
  • Procedures w/ Connections
  • Doing Mathematics
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Starting at the Top

  • Explanation?
  • Multiple steps, actions, or judgements?
  • Symbolic or Abstract?
  • Real-World Context?
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Down, Down......!

  • Diagram?
  • Manipulatives
  • Calculators?
  • Textbook-like?
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Task Sort (Middle)

  • Memorization (F,0)
  • P w/o C (C,E,I,N)
  • P w/ C (D,H,J,L,P)
  • Doing (A,B,G,K,M)
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Task Sort (HS)

  • Memorization (C,K)
  • P w/o C (B,D,F,G,H,N)
  • P w/ C (E,I,L,M,O)
  • Doing (A,J,P)
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Jodi Tunnell