Depth of Knowledge and Rigor: Improving Instruction and Assessment

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Depth of Knowledge and

Rigor: Improving

Instruction and Assessment

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What is DoK?

Depth of Knowledge (DoK), a model developed by Norman Webb in 1997, reflects a different level of cognitive expectation required to complete a task.

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Webb called the DoK nominative, meaning it names ways of going 

into the content.

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Characteristics of Webb’s DoK Model

Defines levels to align and analyze curriculum, objectives, standards, and assessments

Names four different ways that students interact with content

Relates closely to the depth of content understanding and scope of a learning activity—focuses on skills required to complete the task from inception to finale (e.g., planning, researching, drawing conclusions).

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DoK and the Rigor/Relevance FrameworkLevels of complexity of cognitive demand:

Level 1: Quad A Recall and ReproductionRequires eliciting information such as a fact, definition, term, or a simple procedure, as well as performing a simple algorithm or applying a formula. Level 2: Quad B Basic Skills and ConceptsRequires the engagement of some mental processing beyond a recall of information. Level 3: Quad C Strategic Thinking and ReasoningRequires reasoning, planning, using evidence, and explanations of thinking Level 4: Quad D Extended ThinkingRequires complex reasoning, planning, developing, and thinking most likely over an extended period of time

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You’re not going to live in Quad D, but

you need to visit it on a regular basis!

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DoK 1/Quad A: Recall and Reproduction

DoK 1 involves basic recall of concepts, definitions, facts, and processes.

A Level 1 item can involve following a simple, well-known procedure or formula.

Simple skills and abilities or recall characterize DOK 1.

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DoK 1/Quad A Examples Locate or recall facts. Apply a well-known formula. Identify the complete subject and

complete predicate in a sentence. Represent math relationships in words,

pictures, or symbols. Perform a simple science process or a

set of procedures.

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DoK 2/Quad B: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts Engages mental processes beyond

recalling or reproducing a response Requires students to makes decisions

about how to approach a question or problem

Implies more than ONE cognitive process/step

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DoK 2/Quad B Examples Identify & summarize the major events,

problem, solution, conflicts in literary text. Predict a logical outcome based on

information in a reading selection. Explain causes/effects of historical events. Retrieve information from a table, graph,

or figure and use it to solve a problem requiring multiple steps.

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DoK 3/Quad C: Strategic Thinking

• Requires deep understanding as exhibited through planning, using evidence, and more demanding cognitive reasoning

• Taps complex and abstract cognitive demands

• Assessment items have more than one possible answer and require students to justify their response

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DoK 3/Quad C Examples

Justify a response when more than one answer is possible.

Compare consumer actions & analyze how these actions impact the environment.

Analyze or evaluate the choice and effectiveness of figurative language.

Solve a multiple-step problem and provide support with a mathematical explanation that justifies the answer.

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DoK 4/Quad D: Extended Thinking

Requires high cognitive demand Requires time to research, think, or

process multiple facets of a problem Due to the complexity of the task, often

requires an extended period of time Necessitates real-world, unpredictable

applications of knowledge

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DoK 4/Quad D Examples Gather, analyze, organize, & synthesize

information from multiple sources to draft a well-organized essay.

Analyze & explain multiple perspectives or issues within or across time periods, events, or cultures.

Specify a problem, identify solution paths, solve the problem, and report the results.

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Why emphasize DoK?Ensures that the intentof the standard and the level of students’ tasks required matchesthe assessment

Ensures that teachers are teaching to a level that promotes studentachievement

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DoK Level?Grade 8The total cost for an order of shirts from a company consists of the cost for

each shirt plus a one-time design fee. The cost for each shirt is the same no matter how many shirts are ordered.

The company provides the following examples to customers to help them estimate the total cost for an order of shirts.

• 50 shirts cost $349.50

• 500 shirts cost $2370 Part A: Using the examples provided, what is the cost for each shirt, not including the one-time design fee? Explain how you found your answer. Part B: What is the cost of the one-time design fee? Explain how you found your answer.

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What Level DoK?Grade 8 Select all of the expressions that have a value between 0 and 1.

87 ∙ 8–12

74

7–3

13

2

∙ 13

9

(–5)6

(–5)10

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DoK Level?Grade 8 A cylindrical tank has a height of 10 feet and

a radius of 4 feet. Jane fills this tank with water at a rate of 8 cubic feet per minute. How many minutes will it take Jane to completely fill the tank without overflowing at this rate? Round your answer to the nearest minute.

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DoK Level?Grade 8During the task, the student assumes the role of an architect who is responsible for designing the best plan for a park with area and financial restraints. The student completes tasks in which he/she compares the costs of different bids, determines what facilities should be given priority in the park, and then develops a scale drawing of the best design for the park and an explanation of the choices made. This investigation is done in class using a calculator, an applet to construct the scale drawing, and a spreadsheet.

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Bloom’s and Webb’sBloom's Taxonomy focuses on the tasks that students complete to deepen student understanding.  However, Webb's DoK centers on the thinking process, not just the product.  Webb’s Depth of Knowledge is about the cognitive demands (thinking process) of instruction, tasks, and/or assessments.  While Bloom's Taxonomy relies on the verb, Webb's DoK extends beyond the verb to what follows--- beyond the 'what' to the 'how'.   

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Karin Hess Video http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/Comm

onCoreLibrary/Videos/default.htm#

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A verb alone can vary in terms of difficulty & complexity. “Create,” for example, is a high level on

Bloom’s taxonomy. If you ask students to “create a model of

the human eye based on a textbook model,” students may not need additional background knowledge to complete the task. There is little transfer of knowledge.

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But. . . If you ask students to create a three-dimensional model of one hole for a miniature golf course utilizing a parallelogram, a rectangle, a circle, a triangle, and a rhombus, they must use critical thinking skills.

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Look what our HS geometry students designed last year!

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DoK Verb Activity: #1Describe a model that you might use to represent the relationships that exist within the rock cycle.

(requires deep understanding of the rock cycle and a determination of how best to represent it)

What level is this task and why?

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DoK Activity #2Describe the difference between metamorphic and igneous rocks.

(requires cognitive processing to determine the differences in the two rock types)

What level is this and why?

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DoK Activity #3Describe three characteristics of metamorphic rocks

(requires simple recall)

What level is this task and why?

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It’s about more than the verb!

“Just because we ask students to create or analyze doesn’t necessarily mean that we are providing a deep level of thinking (nor does it mean we haven’t provided it either). We must consciously ask students to extend their thinking in order to improve their thinking.” ~Karin Hess

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As we continue our journey of curriculum review into CCSS curriculum alignment,

We must remain conscious of our questioning, our modeling, and our guidance to teach students how to extend their thinking.  

We must ask our students to extend their thinking on the new SBAC assessments.

We must prepare them to be college and career ready!

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Why MUST we change?

Condeleesa Rice said 70% of students in American are no longer accepted into the military because they lack a diploma. They must take the ASVAB, now an admissions exam that is being recalibrated every year to add rigor. 

(Daggett, 2013)

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College and Career Ready? 86% of high school teachers say their kids are

ready for college-; only 21% of college teachers agree.

Nationally, college retention rates are 55.5% in 2-year colleges and 36.6% in 4-year colleges.

13 million are unemployed but 3.8 million jobs remain unfilled.

(Daggett, 2013)

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Kansas is comparable

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How will we apply this knowledge to change

instruction, expectation, assessment, and

preparation for the SBAC, college, and

career?

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Even if we shoot high and slightly miss the mark, haven't we developed our students to be better, independent thinkers? 

Sounds like a win-win to me. Rigor.  Text complexity.  Difficulty.  Thinking. Teaching.  Learning.