CR 401 - Understanding Rigor

Mr. Boyde has asked this question: "What conclusions can you draw about the concept of Socialism?" To answer this question, students engage in what level of thinking, according to Webb's DOK? * DOK 4: Extended Thinking * DOK 1 : Recall and Reproduction * DOK 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning * DOK 2: Skills/Concepts

* DOK 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning

Mrs. Jones asked her students to conduct an experiment to answer a research question. What level of Webb's Depth of Knowledge is she asking students to perform? * DOK 2: Skill/Concept * DOK 1: Recall and Reproduction * DOK 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning * DOK 4: Extended Thinking

* DOK 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning

Mr. Washington has given his class a list of several environmental problems and he has asked them to select one problem and propose an alternative solution. What level of Webb's DOK is this activity? * DOK 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning * DOK 4: Extended Thinking * DOK 2: Skills/Concepts * DOK 1 : Recall and Reproduction

* DOK 4: Extended Thinking

In the video, David Doughton explained Costa's Levels of Questioning in an attempt to encourage his students to _____. * Help them differentiate between Costa's levels and Bloom's Taxonomy. * Prepare them for the test. * Develop their awareness of the 3 levels and be able to write higher levels of question on their own. * Reinforce their understanding of the novel they just read.

* Develop their awareness of the 3 levels and be able to write higher levels of question on their own.

Which level of Bloom's Taxonomy is represented by the teachers question? Teacher: "Why did you name your dog sleepy?" Student: "When he was a puppy, his eyes were always closed, like he was sleepy." * Remembering * Applying * Evaluating * Understanding

* Evaluating

Art Costa is well known for creating an institute that has changed the face of education. It is called The Institute for _____. * Habits of Mind * Education in Society * Critical Thinking * Quality Questioning

* Habits of Mind

Miguel, an elementary school music teacher, is instructing his students is instructing his students about the musical instrument families. After describing each family and playing examples of music created by instruments in each family, he wants his students to practice. He plays new samples of music, tells the students the instrument creating the music, and asks his students to identify the instrument family it belongs to. With which level of Costa's Three Levels does this activity fit? * Level One - it is based directly on the instruction and matches the Bloom's level "Applying". * Level One - it is based directly on the instruction and matches the Bloom's level " Remembering". * Level Two - it is based on students' extending their thinking about the content and matches the Bloom's level "Analyzing". * Level Three - it is pushing students beyond the basic information presented in the instructing and matches the Bloom's level "Evaluating".

* Level One - it is based directly on the instruction and matches the Bloom's level " Remembering".

Mr. Butler, a second grade teacher, wants to deepen his students' thinking, and he wants them to understand the relationship between temperature and seasons. He knows he could simply tell students, and they'd remember it. However, he designs the following activity to deepen their knowledge of this concept. He gives students a table of the average high and low temperatures for each month of the year and asks them to identify which three months are likely the winter months and to write a sentence that generalizes about temperature in the winter. Mr. Butler has moved his activity from Webb's DOK: * Level One to Level Three because he's asked students to explain why temperatures are colder in the winter. * Level One to Level Two because he's asking students to use skills rather than recall information. * Level One to Level Four because students are completing a sophisticated project.

* Level One to Level Two because he's asking students to use skills rather than recall information.

Joaquin, a US History teacher, has taught about the causes of the Great Depression. He asks his students to look at the U.S. economic data from the previous 12 months and determine if they think the U.S. is headed into a depression in the next year. With which level of Costa's Three Levels does this assignment fit? * Level One - it is based directly on the information presented. * Level Three - it asks students to apply what they've learned and use it in new ways. * Level Two - it asks students to apply their knowledge to their experience. * Level Two - it asks students to make an economic forecast based on the information presented.

* Level Two - it asks students to apply their knowledge to their experience.

Why is it important for students to master content at the lower levels of Bloom's Taxonomy? * The state examinations focus on lower level skills. * Students do not need to master content at the lower levels. * Students must be able to apply what they know before they can use their knowledge in more complex thinking skills. * Students will be unsuccessful at the higher levels.

* Students must be able to apply what they know before they can use their knowledge in more complex thinking skills.

Costa's Three Levels of Questioning is divided into three categories. Select each category. * Text implicit * Supporting text * Experience based * Text explicit

* Text implicit * Experience based * Text explicit

Which of the following are the characteristics of Text Explicit questions? * These questions relate more to the nouns in the questions, than the verbs. * These questions are used to gather information. * These questions have one correct answer. * These questions are at the lower levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

* These questions are used to gather information. * These questions have one correct answer. * These questions are at the lower levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Which of the following are characteristics of Experience Based questions? * They force students to create opinions based on fact. * They are at the Analyzing level of Bloom's Taxonomy. * They include hard questions. * They engage students in highly complex thinking.

* They force students to create opinions based on fact. * They engage students in highly complex thinking.

Which of the following are the characteristics of Text Implicit questions? * This is at the Evaluating Level of Bloom's. * They require the learner to do something with the information. * They require the learner to process information. * This is at the Applying and Analyzing levels of Bloom's

* They require the learner to do something with the information. * They require the learner to process information. * This is at the Applying and Analyzing levels of Bloom's

On which level of Bloom's Taxonomy is the following performance descriptor from the standard written? "Describe the effects of aerobic exercise on the heart and overall health." * Remembering * Knowing * Analyzing * Understanding

* Understanding

In the third grade classroom, students are asked to locate Las Vegas, NV using a map. What level of Webb's DOK is this activity? * DOK 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning * DOK 2: Skills/Concepts * DOK 4: Extended Thinking * DOK 1 : Recall and Reproduction

* DOK 1 : Recall and Reproduction

The primary purpose of Webb's Depth of Knowledge is to: * Provide students with a scale to generate questions. * Align Students ability with the Depth of Knowledge. * Align the rigor of test questions to the standards. * Provide a scale for rating students on a scale of 1 to 4.

* Align the rigor of test questions to the standards.

A Grade 6 student is asked to determine why life exists on Earth and why there might be a negligible chance that life would exist on Venus or Pluto. What level of Bloom's is this activity? * Knowing * Creating * Evaluating * Analyzing

* Analyzing

Select the correct Bloom's level for this statement: Contrast building in the coastal zone with building in a watershed. * Evaluating * Analyzing * Creating * Applying

* Analyzing

Which three levels of Bloom's Taxonomy are considered the highest forms of critical thinking? * Understanding, analyzing, and creating * Remembering, understanding, and applying * Analyzing, creating, and evaluating * Remembering, applying, and evaluating

* Analyzing, creating, and evaluating

According to Costa, the goal of the three levels of questioning is to: * Apply what you have learned. * Process information. * Gather information. * Evaluate information.

* Apply what you have learned. * Process information. * Gather information.

On which level of Bloom's Taxonomy is the following descriptor from the standard written? "Use appropriate nonverbal communication in interpersonal situations." * Creating * Applying * Knowing * Analyzing

* Applying

Brittany is planning an assessment to determine her students' ability to identify literary elements in a short story. Her plan is to give them a short story they have not seen before and ask them to write several sentences that describe the setting, theme, and point of view of the story. Where on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy pyramid does this task fall? * Applying because students are using their knowledge of the terms to find the elements in the story. * Understanding because students must understand what the terms mean in order to find the examples in the story. * Creating because students are writing sentences. * Evaluating because students must determine if their answers are correct as this is a formal assessment.

* Applying because students are using their knowledge of the terms to find the elements in the story.

What is the major difference between Costa's levels and Bloom's levels? * Costa's levels recognize that the context of the verb changes the complexity of the question. * Costa only used Bloom's concept of stratifying the levels of questions that were asked. * Costa needed a known product to market his Habits of Mind Institute. * Costa used Kallick's interpretation of Bloom's Taxonomy.

* Costa's levels recognize that the context of the verb changes the complexity of the question.

Select the correct Bloom's level for this statement: Design an environmentally responsible subdivision to be build near the Guadalupe River. * Evaluating * Remembering * Analyzing * Creating

* Creating

In a fifth grade classroom, students are asked to name the states in the southwest region of the U.S. What levels of Webb's DOK is this activity? * DOK 4: Extended Thinking * DOK 1 : Recall and Reproduction * DOK 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning * DOK 2: Skills/Concepts

* DOK 1 : Recall and Reproduction

Sarah, a biology teacher, is planning activities for her students on the topic of cell division. She plans to have students draw pictures of the phases in both mitosis and meiosis and then fill out a Venn Diagram highlighting what the two types of division have in common and how they differ. What is the highest level this assignment reaches on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy pyramid? * Applying because the students are using their knowledge of mitosis and meiosis to fill out the Venn Diagram. * Understanding because students are explaining elements of mitosis and meiosis by creating drawings and completing the Venn Diagram. * Analyzing because students are identifying the similarities and differences between the two types of cell division. * Creating because students are drawing pictures.

* Understanding because students are explaining elements of mitosis and meiosis by creating drawings and completing the Venn Diagram.

Mrs. Ammine has asked her students this question: "What examples of motivation can you find in the text?" To answer this question, students engage in what level of thinking, according to Webb's DOK? * DOK 2: Skills/Concepts * DOK 1 : Recall and Reproduction * DOK 4: Extended Thinking * DOK 3: Strategic Thinking and Reasoning

DOK 2: Skills/Concepts