Powerful Task Design: Rigorous and Engaging Tasks to Level Up Instruction

by John V. Antonetti

Applicable for educators across all disciplines and grade levels, this book will teach you to use the Powerful Task Rubric for Designing Student Work to analyze, design, and refine cognitively engaging tasks of learning. This guide will help you  

216 pages, Paperback

Published April 4, 2018

Reviews

[Whitney Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book changed the way I define and think about rigor. I wrote 150 pages on mathematical discourse, but the chapter on questioning in this book added concrete strategies I was able to use immediately on the front end, and also a greater understanding of questioning that impacts how I think intentionally about what I ask and how no the back end.

I think our leader will be taking us through the process of evaluating student work and completing learning walks using the powerful task rubric next school year, and I can't wait!

I think the value is going to increase exponentially when I combine what I read in the book itself with its use with my leaders and colleagues!

[Trever · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly dense book. Not for a first year teacher.

This book makes you take into consideration everything you do in the classroom and look through it at different lenses and evaluate yourself.

The rubric they included is great for future task planning in my math classroom and some tasks I already have to be better.

[Diane Stultz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book to help educators look at what goes into creating rigorous and engaging tasks for their students. The authors provide many examples and talks you through them using a rubric that they created. Very practical and thought provoking!

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has caused a ten-year teaching veteran to think differently about how to evaluate teaching. Antonetti and Stice are balanced in their approach and bring wisdom to the table in how to increase student engagement.