Many thanks to Mr. Weiss for reminding me to compile all of this summer’s makeovers. Here’s every revision principle we applied this summer, ranked from most frequently occurring to least.

• (9) Add intellectual need.
• (6) Raise the ceiling on the task.
• (5) Add intuition.
• (5) Lower the floor on the task.
• (4) Reduce the literacy demand.
• (4) Show the answer.
• (2) Put students in the shoes of the person who might actually experience this problem.
• (2) Start the problem with a concise, concrete question.
• (2) Ask a better question.
• (2) Delay the abstraction.
• (1) Offer an incentive for more practice.
• (1) Enable pattern-matching.
• (1) Get a better image.
• (1) Add modeling.
• (1) Change the context.
• (1) Open the problem up to more than one possible generalization.
• (1) Justify the constraints.

If you’re looking for a dy/dan house style, for better or worse, that’s it right there.