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title: Using Webb's Depth of Knowledge to Increase Rigor -
description: www.edutopia.org/blog/webbs-depth-knowledge-increase-rigor-gerald-aungst This article articulates techniques for designing learning tasks that provide varying levels of challenge. It offers helpful guidance about characteristics of tasks that require different levels of cognitive demand and suggestions for how to transform low-challenge questions into probing questions that require students to think deeply.
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# Using Webb’s Depth of Knowledge to Increase Rigor

**By [Ben Politzer](https://www.tripoded.com/blog/author/ben-politzer)**  
April 25 2019

[**www.edutopia.org/blog/webbs-depth-knowledge-increase-rigor-gerald-aungst**](https://www.edutopia.org/blog/webbs-depth-knowledge-increase-rigor-gerald-aungst)

This article articulates techniques for designing learning tasks that provide varying levels of challenge. It offers helpful guidance about characteristics of tasks that require different levels of cognitive demand and suggestions for how to transform low-challenge questions into probing questions that require students to think deeply.

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## Ben Politzer

 Ben is Vice President K-12 Lead Gen at Scholarus Learning, and is interested in connecting people to the right supports. He is a former teacher and school principal. He loves new ideas, new ways of looking at problems, and is forever learning how to be a better dad, leader, and marketer. 

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