I ve been reading jo boaler s brilliant new book mathematical mindsets.
Low floor high ceiling jo boaler.
Have you ever heard of a low floor or threshold high ceiling task.
For examples of high quality math tasks and low floor.
Students may collaborate together to understand key ideas and practice skills.
Tasks that are particularly valuable are those that have a low floor and a high ceiling that is anyone can access them but they can be taken to very high levels.
A low floor means it s easy for everyone to get on board.
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Jo boaler talks about this.
Here s the set up video.
You circulate and support students individually.
The floor tells us how easy it is to get going with the task.
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Low floor high ceiling.
Whether you like to solve problems yourself or are looking for some tidbits for your children or students i hope this post is informative.
Players then spin for a digit 2 7 and decide whether the number will represent ones tens or hundreds place.
The mathematics of hope moving from performance to learning in mathematics classrooms.
Jo boaler recommends low floor high ceiling tasks.
In grade 2 unit 3 the work place base ten triple spin is a low floor high ceiling activity.
It s crucial for allowing students at every level to be able to enter a problem.
As students work you coach.
While there s tons of great information and research there i ve been thinking lots lately about her charge to develop more low floor high ceiling tasks into math.
One big reason why these tasks are helpful is the fact that there is a low entry point.
Tic tac toe is an example of a game with a low floor.
I believe the high ceiling low floor phrase comes from jo boaler but i heard about it via dan meyer.