Session 4 GVSU 7/29/08

Factors That Influence Maintaining the

Cognitive Demand of a Task

 Maintaining problem complexity: Assisting through scaffolding

 Sustaining a press for justification

 Building on student knowledge and thinking

 Making conceptual connections

 Modeling high-level thinking

 Encouraging communication

 Providing enough time

Implementing Standards-based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development

Authors: M. K. Stein, M. Henningsen, & E. A. Silver
Teachers College Press (2005)