What matters when choosing tasks for students?

“Not all tasks are created equal, and different tasks will provoke different levels and kinds of student thinking.”  -Stein, Smith, Henningsen, & Silver, 2000 What are we doing today? One of the biggest decisions we make as teachers is choosing the tasks our students will work on during class.  We use tasks from textbooks and …

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