Depth of knowledge

There has been a lot of buzz about DoK (Depth of Knowledge) levels by Norman Webb. First and foremost before I go any further on DoK I want to make it very very clear. DoK is not a verb!!! To ma...

How many of you have seen this graphic? Perhaps you were provided this graphic from your district or school to use as a frame of reference for planning instruction and assessment for depth of knowledge. Perhaps this is the image that popped up when you conducted an online search about depth of knowledge. Perhaps some of you are using this to develop lessons and units that you believe prompt and encourage students to demonstrate their depth of knowledge about the concepts and content they are…

Is It Time for a Relevancy Check? You know what you're supposed to teach. It's defined in academic standards implemented by your state and and outlined the curriculum adopted by the district. You know what your students are expected to know, understand, and do and how deeply they need to know, understand, and be aware of what they're learning. It's stated in the performance objectives your state's academic standards and set by the questions, problems, and tasks your students your students…

Categorizing tasks according to the complexity of thought they require is one way for teachers to create a rich learning environment.

Everybody is talking about RIGOR or asking, "What is rigor?" If you do any research on rigor, you will find that rigor does not mean difficulty. Instead rigor means the level of mental processing that must occur to answer a question, perform a task or generate a product. Two widely used measures of rigor are Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels. Both measures of rigor go from the simple to the complex. Karen Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix integrates these models as a strategy…

Fabulous kid friendly chart of Depth of Knowledge levels of questioning from Ms. Vanegas!

Webb's Depth of Knowledge supported with easy to use web tools. Any other tools that we could fit into each level?

The learner will demonstrate -- or TLWD. It's the statement and acronym typically used to clarify and create learning goals. This introductory statement was originally used with Bloom's Taxonomy to identify clearly in which cognitive category students were expected to demonstrate their learning - e.g. The learner will demonstrate knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation. When Anderson and Krathwohl (2001) revised Bloom's Taxonomy by renaming the cognitive…

What exactly is depth of knowledge? Questioning with Webb's Depth of Knowledge The framework designed by Norman Webb (1997) categorizes depth of knowledge into four levels. D.O.K.-1 questions require students to recall or reproduce knowledge and/or skills to come up with an answer that is either correct or incorrect. Questions at this particular level usually involves working with facts, terms, and/or properties of objects. D.O.K.-2 questions expect students to think deeper about how to…