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.