Capitol Tech U Doctoral Presentation - April 2024.pptx
Depth and complexity (handout)
1. Active Learning for ALL:
Differentiating Instruction
with Depth and Complexity
Patry Lerwick
lerwick2@aol.com
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4. Giftedness is a greater
awareness, a greater
sensitivity, and a greater
ability to understand and
transform perceptions into
intellectual and emotional
experiences. (Roeper, 1982)
10. Depth
Discipline exploration
How do teachers and students
dig deeper into the curriculum?
Focus teacher’s and student’s
attention on increasingly more
difficult, divergent, and
abstract qualities of knowing a
discipline or area.
12. Complexity
How the topic relates to other
disciplines
How does perspective affect the
way disciplinarians explain their
environment?
How knowledge is extended or
broadened