| Challenge/Ability Appropriate | Solution requires
persistence & motivation | Solution found fairly easily |
Solution quickly found | Problem is irrelevant, not
interesting, obvious, or too difficult |
| Multi-Step | Variety of Steps and multiple means of
solving; or student has flash of insight and can back up solution with
rational explanation | Contains multi-steps for solution
| Contains only 2 steps for solution | Contains only 1 step
solution |
| Multi-Strategy | Forces students to question &
seek out alternative methods | Contains several ways of reasoning
| May allow for exclusion of steps, but has really only 1 way to
solve the problem | There really is only 1 way to solve the problem
|
| Multi-Content | Integrates mathematics
content and different subject areas | Contains more than 2 content
areas, such as operations or number, space or measurement and/or social
studies, math, science | Contains more than 1 content
area | Contains only 1 content area |
