Correct Answer - Option 4 : higher level of cognitive demand as it requires the use of conceptual understanding that underline the procedure to complete the task
This task refers to the need for a higher level of cognitive demand, required to think abstractly to solve mathematical problems.
The above question asked to students of Class IV refers to higher-level demand tasks as the problem can be solved by making diagrams and connections between many possible situations. Higher-level demand tasks required deep knowledge about facts and concepts. Here, solving the problem requires a deep understanding of how to find height when the length and breadth of the box are given. Higher-level cognitive demands:
Higher-level demands (procedures with connections):
- use procedure for deeper understanding of concepts
- broad procedures connected to ideas instead narrow algorithms
- usually represented in different ways
- require some degree of cognitive effort; procedures may be used but not mindlessly
Higher-level demands (procedures without connections):
- require complex non-algorithmic thinking
- require students to explore and understand the mathematics
- demand self-monitoring of one’s cognitive process
- require considerable cognitive effort and may involve some level of anxiety b/c solution path isn’t clear
Thus it is clear that this task refers to a higher level of cognitive demand as it requires the use of conceptual understanding that underline the procedure to complete the task.