Depth and Complexity PD

Depth and Complexity is a powerful, but often misunderstood, framework for teaching students to think more like experts.

Combine higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy with the prompts of Depth and Complexity!

The Frame graphic organizer is a tool for studying one topic using four different angles.

Learn to use the Content Imperatives, a set of five additional tools that work with Depth and Complexity.

Let’s see a few examples of how Depth and Complexity slides nicely into any graphic organizer.

Even our youngest students can learn to think from multiple perspectives!

Can we get students as young as kindergarten discussing ethical issues? Learn some ideas for integrating these multiple perspective problems throughout your curriculum.

Let’s improve “Create a title for this chapter. Explain why your title fits the 🏛️ Big Idea.”

I asked “How could two experts’ perspectives regarding information from this reading selection differ from one another.” Yikes!

This very common Depth and Complexity worksheet has many problems. And I used it for years!

My students made a list of problems… and we stopped right there.

My students listed Unanswered Questions and then… we moved on! Oops.