Instructional Strategies for Mathematics

This page presents a sampling of instructional strategies that serve as starting points for curriculum directors and teachers  as they plan lessons. For more ideas, visit our Pearltrees page.

Cognitive Demand 

Cognitive demand represents the type of thinking, or the level/depth of complexity of thought expected.

Depth of Knowledge

Ohio Developed Depth of Knowledge Materials 

These Ohio developed materials provide Depth of Knowledge examples at different grade levels. Districts can use these materials to better understand Depth of Knowledge and create their own classroom problems to use during instruction.

Other Depth of Knowledge Resources

Depth of knowledge sample problems by grade level

AEA 267 put together these standards-based assessment questions using Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels across the standards using resources like Illustrative Mathematics and the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP). The purpose of these documents is to help educators gauge the quality of their curriculum, instruction and assessments within and across grades, and plan instruction. These standards-based assessment questions, within and across grades, are provided across the assigned Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels of the standards. These quality assessment items can be used to help bring more clarity to what it is that students are expected to learn within and across the standards and their assigned DOK level www.centralriversaea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Math-6.pdf. The sample items are not intended to be used as practice tests.

Webb's Alignment Information Grade 5
Kindergarten Grade 6
Grade 1 Grade 7
Grade 2 Grade 8
Grade 3 High School
Grade 4 Mathematics DOK Levels

 

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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Universal Design for
Learning at a Glance

     

Universal Design for
Learning Guidelines

     

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING

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