Complex Tasks

• Building “Not Like The Others” Tasks

  Create an ambiguous analysis task in which students must decide why each item is the one that is not like the others.

• Complex Task: Subjective Graphs

  What would it be like if students graphed characters from stories? Historic leaders? Elements from the period table? Objects in space?

• Difficult vs Complex Tasks

  What separates difficulty from complexity? And why do complex tasks lead to much more natural differentiation?

• Complex Task: Academic Tournaments

  Who would win in the Tournament of Least Useful Geometric Shapes or Bravest Shakespearean Characters? Create an academic tournament and watch your students' brains sweat!

• Complex Task: What Would X Think of Y?

  Here's a simple task that will add complexity to any content from any grade level!