As I’ve been working through bad examples of Depth and Complexity questions, I’ve honed in on a source of my misconceptions: Depth and Complexity introduction handouts. Do a Google search for “depth and complexity charts” and you’ll see a bunch of examples. They are typically PDFs presented as a table. They show each Depth and […]
All AboutDepth And Complexity
This framework for differentiation will give your students practical ways to think more deeply about a topic.
Universal Themes in Math? With Fractions!?
What if we used a universal theme to guide our study of fractions? These very big ideas get students thinking about fractions in a new way.
Combining Depth and Complexity Prompts into a Generalization
Let’s start with a puzzlement, ask kids to generate an abstract statement, and then find evidence that their statement works across several different areas.
How To Introduce the Depth and Complexity Icons to Students
Here are a few ways that you can introduce the prompts of Depth and Complexity to a range of students (yes, even kindergartners!).
Making Our Own Depth and Complexity Icon Posters (That Emphasize Thinking)
Why I let students make their own depth and complexity posters rather than buying and displaying professional printable posters.
What could we do with this Wax Museum event?
How one might revamp a “Wax Museum” project into something that focuses more on thinking than product.
Homeschooling With Depth and Complexity
A brain dump for ideas about using Depth and Complexity while homeschooling.
Thinking Like Equivalent Fractions
Go across disciplines by asking students to write a story about fraction equivalence.
Depth and Complexity Frames: My Big Mistake
Frames, a graphic organizer often used with the Depth and Complexity framework, have one big trap that I fell into for years.
Depth and Complexity: 📚Across Disciplines
The Across Disciplines prompt asks students to think about how this topic intersects with other fields as well as with other topics within the same field.