From Compliance to Curiosity

From Compliance to Curiosity

Making Learning Rigorous, Meaningful & Impactful




Tyanna Bailey-Traylor
Curriculum Director Candidate

The goal is not simply for students to know more.
The goal is for students to think more deeply, connect learning to their world, and use what they know to make an impact.

​Learning Objective

By the end of this learning experience, participants will be able to:

Design a learning experience that moves students beyond recall by incorporating rigorous thinking, meaningful application, authentic engagement, and evidence of learning.

Success Criteria

I can...

• Identify the difference between rigor and difficulty.

• Identify the key words used for the first four levels of rigor

• Using TEKs I can identify the level of rigor.

• Develop questions that require students to use levels of application and analysis.

​DO NOW: Think about the best teacher you ever had.

What made their teaching memorable?

Word Cloud

Using only one or two words, what made your teacher memorable?

​The experiences we remember usually involve thinking, connection, relevance, challenge, or relationships. That's where we're going today.

What makes learning

rigorous, meaningful, and impactful?

RIGOROUS

I think deeply.

MEANINGFUL

I understand why it matters.

IMPACTFUL

I can use what I learned.

Let's Define Rigor

Difficulty asks:

"Was this hard?"

Rigor asks:

"What kind of thinking did this require?

Discuss with your partner the difference between difficult and rigourous.

Open Ended

What is the difference between difficult and rigorous?

​Rigor isn't about giving students more work. It isn't about making directions confusing. And it certainly isn't about making students struggle unnecessarily.

Rigor is about increasing the quality and complexity of thinking.

Comprehension Check

Open Ended

Please number, in order from easiest to hardest, the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Word Bank:

Evaluate

Remember/Knowledge

Application

Create

Comprehension/ Understand

Analysis

Multiple Choice

What is the highest (hardest) level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

• Application

• Synthesis/ Evaluate

• Comprehension/ Understand

• Knowledge/ Remember

• Analysis

• Create

Multiple Choice

True or False: According to Bloom's, Level 1 questions are the most complex.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the first (lowest) level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

• Understand

• Analyze

• Remember/Knowledge

• Apply

• Evaluation

Multiple Choice

Remembering is the recall of information

• True

• False

Reorder

Assuming #6 is "CREATE" - reorder the rest of Bloom's Taxonomy

• Remember/Knowledge

• Understand/Comprehension

• Apply

• Analyze

• Synthesis/

  Evaluate

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Levels of Rigor and their Signs

Key Words:
CHOOSE HOW MATCH RECALL SELECT SPELL WHEN WHO DEFINE LABEL NAME RELATE SHOW TELL WHERE WHEN WHY FIND LIST OMIT WHAT WHICH

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​1. Remember(Knowledge)

Exhibit memory of previously learned material by recalling facts, terms, basic concpets and answers.

1. What is...

2. Where is...

3. How did___ happen?

4. Can you select...

5. Can you list three...

6. How would you explain...

7. Which one...

8. How would you show...

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Sample Questions

Key Words: CLASSIFY EXPLAIN INTREPRET SHOW COMPARE EXTEND OUTLINE SUMMARIZE CONTRAST ILLUSTRATE SUMMARIZE CONTRAST RELATE TRANSLATE DEMONSTRATE INFER REPHRASE

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2. Understand ( Comprehension)

​Demonstrate understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, comparing, translating, interpreting, giving descriptions and stating main ideas.

1. How would you classify the type of...

2. How would you compare.. contrast...

3. Will you intrepret in your own words...

4. What facts or ideas show...

5. What is the main idea of...

6. Which statement supports...

7. What can you say about...

8. Which is the best answer...

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​Sample Questions

With your neighbor, discuss this question:






What are some of the main differences between level one- remembering and level two- understanding?

Open Ended

What are some of the main difference between level one- remembering and level two- understanding?

Key Words: APPLY DEVELOP SELECT BUILD MODEL SOLVE CHOOSE IDENTIFY ORGANIZE UTILIZE CONSTRUCT INTERVIEW PLAN EXPERIMENT WITH MAKE USE OF

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​3. Application

​Solve problems to new situations by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way.

1. How would you use...

2. What example can you find to...

3. How would you show your understanding of...

4. What approach would you use to...

5. What other way would you plan to...

6. What would result if...

7. What facts wold you selsct to show...

8. How would you solve__ using what you've learned...

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​Sample Questions

Key Words: ANALYZE CONTRAST FUNCTION SIMPLIFY ASSUMPTION DISCOVER INFERENCE SURVEY CATEGORIZE DISSECT INSPECT COMPARE DIVIDE MOTIVE THEME CONCLUSION EXAMINE RELATIONSHIP

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​4. Analysis

​Examine and break information into parts by identifying motives or causes. Make inferences and find evidence to support generalizations.

1. What are the parts or features of...

2. How is__ related to...

3. Why do you think...

4. What is the theme...

5. What motive is there...

6. Can you list the parts...

7. What inference can you make...

8. What conclusions can you draw...

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​Sample Questions

With your neighbor, discuss this question:










What are some of the main differences between level three- application and level four- analysis?

LET'S PRACTICE!

​Directions:

7.10(B) describe how plate tectonics causes ocean basin formation, earthquakes, mountain building, and volcanic eruptions, including super volcanoes and hot spot

​8TH Grade Science TEK

Use your sticky note to record your numbered answers.

1. Underline the verb in the TEK (what is being asked of you?)

2. Identify the level of rigor of the current TEK

3. Write a question to bring the rigor of the TEK up one or more levels.

4. Circle the verb that increases the rigor

Lets Practice!

Multiple Choice

What level can you associate the verb “label” with?

• Remembering/ Knowledge

• Creating

• Applying

• Evaluation

• Synthesis

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes rigor?

• A. Giving students more difficult assignments.

• B. Increasing the amount of work students complete.

• C. Increasing the complexity and quality of student thinking.

• D. Asking students to work independently.

CHALLENGE!!
Lets see what you learned!

Multiple Select

What Bloom's Taxonomy Level does this question fit into:

Describe how gravity governs motion within Earth’s solar system

• Knowledge/ Remember

• Comprehension/ Understand

• Application

• Analysis

• Synthesis

Multiple Select

What Bloom's Taxonomy Level does this question fit into:

Analyze the beneficial and harmful influences of human activity on groundwater and surface water in a watershed.

• Knowledge/ Remember

• Comprehension/ Understand

• Application

• Analysis

• Synthesis

Multiple Select

What Bloom's Taxonomy Level does this question fit into:

Diagram the flow of energy within trophic levels AND describe how the available energy decreases in successive trophic levels in energy pyramids

• Knowledge/Remember

• Comprehension/ Understand

• Application

• Analysis

• Synthesis

Reorder

Correctly order the first five levels of Bloom's Taxonomy

• Knowledge/ Remember

• Comprehension/ Understand

• Application

• Analysis

• Evaluate

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

What level is this question: “What is the relationship between ________ and ________?”

• Analyze

• Create

• Understand

• Remember

Multiple Choice

How many levels are there in Bloom's Taxonomy?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 4

Multiple Choice

Infer, follow, interpret, summarize, demonstrate, cite and interpolate are all verbs representing what level of Bloom's taxonomy

• Application

• Knowledge/Remember

• Synthesis

• Comprehension/Understand

Multiple Choice

Bloom chose a pyramid because the higher levels build upon the lower levels.

• True
• False

Thinking About Tomorrow.....

Open Ended

How are you going to increase the rigor in your class this year?

PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
- MAYA ANGELOU

Poll

Do you feel like you understand the main concept of Rigor?

• Yes! 100%

• Yes. would benefit from more practice

• Kind of. Need lots of practice

• Not at all. Help!

Poll

How can I best support you moving forward?

• Email presentor for support

• Attend another training

• Request for one-on-one training

• Class observations for support.

Poll

Would you recommend this training to other educators?

• Yes!

• No.

• Maybe so...