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Differentiation TechniqueChange, Then Explain!

Read The Overview: Synthesize: Make A Change, Explain The Effect

I love the term "Synthesize" from the classic Bloom's Taxonomy, but it can be hard to know exactly what it looks like. My favorite "Synthesize Recipe" is to ask students to make a change to existing content and then explain the effects of that change to me.

Specific Examples of “Change, Then Explain!”

Creating A New Mathematical Operation

Do your students realize that addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are all examples of the same idea: an operation? And that it's quite possible to create a brand new operation? Let's do it!
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