Saturday, July 30, 2016

Preparing K-12 Students to be Postsecondary Ready

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Back in 2014, I wrote a blog titled  "College and Career Readiness: Less Political Rhetoric, More Practical Strategies"  that dis...
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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Now THAT'S a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Class...

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In this book from ASCD, Erik M. Francis explores how one of the most fundamental instructional strategies—questioning—can provide the prope...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

The Return of Synthesis: Connecting Critical and Creative Thinking

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When Lorin Anderson and David Krathwohl (2001) revised the cognitive categories of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, we might have gained a sim...
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Saturday, June 11, 2016

Active Learning: It's Authentic, Relevant, and Personal All Year Long

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It's beginning to look a lot like the end of the school year.  The state assessments have been taken, the final benchmarks are being co...
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Saturday, June 4, 2016

H.O.T. / D.O.K.: Depth of Knowledge or Extent of Learning?

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H.O.T. / D.O.K.: Depth of Knowledge or Extent of Learning? : What if depth of knowledge actually has nothing to do with knowledge at all? ...
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Depth of Knowledge or Extent of Learning?

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What if depth of knowledge actually has nothing to do with knowledge at all? Just let that simmer for a moment and consider this - or, as...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

What Is Cognitive Rigor?

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Rigor has become the educational "buzzword" of the 21st Century.  Cognitive rigor is marked and measured by the depth and extent ...
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Sunday, March 27, 2016

Why Asking "What Is the Central Idea or Theme?" Is a Bad Question

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What is the worst question we can ask our students but the one we reading and English language arts teachers often use and even rely upon a...
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