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Complex Instruction - Raising Achievement Through Group Worthy Tasks



These resources about Complex Instruction are part of our Being Collaborative collection.

 

Complex Instruction is a teaching approach that has been promoted by Jo Boaler. In the resources below, you can find out more about the approach and its merits.

Jo Boaler introduces Complex Instruction in this video clip (this video also appears on Jo Boaler's youcubed website, along with a few other articles)

An example of Railside School students working on a group-worthy task

A short article by Jo Boaler

How Complex Instruction led to High and Equitable Achievement: The Case of Railside School

A longer article by Jo Boaler

Complex Instruction in England - the journey, the new schools, and initial results

Article by Jo Boaler, Lori Altendorff & Geoff Kent

Here are two video clips of classes in the UK working on a group-worthy task

For details of the problem used in these clips, see Counting Cogs

Promoting student collaboration in a detracked (mixed ability), heterogeneous secondary mathematics classroom

Article by Megan Staples

If you are more interested in the findings than in the research methodology, you may want to read the introductory section and then skip to the Results which begin at the bottom of page 15.