Difficulty and Complexity: The Answer to Rigor in the Math Classroom

Deepening our instruction or increasing our rigor can be elusive and ambiguous for educators. John Hattie’s Difficulty and Complexity Model clarifies what it means to provide rigor in math tasks. In this session, Laurie Ferry will explore Hattie’s model, provide example tasks and provide resources for where to find rich tasks for all K-12 math classrooms. This model goes beyond DOK and examines how iLearn defines its tasks and assesses Indiana students.