I just watched the recording of Scott Adamson's workshop "Engaging Students to Actively Learn Rigorous Mathematics" as part of this month's spotlight (I highly recommend if you are interested - here's the link:
All Access Public Library)
Towards the end he encourages instructors to start lessons with a low-floor, high-ceiling task in order to give every student access to begin thinking about the concepts right away. This is central to the idea that students have to realize a NEED for the math before they will really work to develop proficiency.
I'm curious if anyone has recommendations for coming up with good LFHC tasks - where do you find them, or what do you consider when creating them?
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Scot Pruyn
Mathematics Faculty & Learning Center Coordinator
Clackamas Community College
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