This selection of tasks have Teachers' Resources which outline how teachers can put into practice a Complex Instruction approach in their classrooms - a teaching approach that has been promoted by Jo Boaler. These resources offer further details about the approach and its merits.
Developing good team-working skills
Sorting the numbers
Group-working skills
This article for teachers suggests a range of activities to help children get better at working in groups.
Group-worthy tasks and their potential to support children to develop independent problem-solving skills
In this article for teachers, Jennie Pennant outlines how group-worthy tasks support the development of children's problem-solving skills.
Developing group-working skills
Developing group-working skills related content
It's a fence!
Counting cogs
Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?
Planning a school trip
You are organising a school trip and you need to write a letter to parents to let them know about the day. Use the cards to gather all the information you need.
Upper primary group-worthy tasks
Two clocks
These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?
Fingers and hands
Sort them out (2)
Growing rectangles
What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?
Seven squares - group-worthy task
Efficient cutting
Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.
Partly painted cube
Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?
Painted cube
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?
Close to triangular