Do not have a predetermined solution pathway in advance.
Low floor high ceiling maths activities.
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A low threshold high ceiling lthc task offers the opportunity for everyone to get started and everyone to get stuck.
Tasks present possibilities for the participants to do much more challenging mathematics.
Low threshold high ceiling tasks are activities that everyone in a group can begin and then work on at their own level of engagement.
Low floor high ceiling tasks.
Require an inquiry approach when solving.
A low floor is inviting.
A high floor is a barrier.
These are problem solving activities which anyone could complete but where more sound maths knowledge would enable a more efficient method for solving.
In other words everyone can get started and everyone can get stuck.
Low threshold high ceiling tasks are activities that everyone in a group can begin and then work on at their own level of engagement but which has lots of.
But these tasks have lots of possibilities.
In our article low threshold high ceiling an introduction we outline what we mean by low threshold high ceiling and why we like low threshold high ceiling tasks in this article we build on those ideas to discuss the key features of a low threshold high ceiling classroom.
If the floor s too high some kids can t get started.
Low floor high ceiling tasks work for everyone by definition a lfhc task is a mathematical activity where everyone in the group can begin and then work on at their own level of engagement.
Low floor high ceiling tasks are those that all students can access but can be extended to high levels taken from you cubed.
Chess s floor appears so high that they just never got going.
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A low threshold high ceiling task is one which is designed to be mathematically accessible and to have built in extension opportunities.
Chess has a high floor evidenced by how many college educated adults i ve met who cannot play.
We want tasks with low floors so many students can get started easily.
Especially starting with low threshold high ceiling type problems.