Depth Of Knowledge Levels
- DOK 1: Recall–Remember their developmental level
- DOK 2: Multiple steps, one answer, cognitive decision
- DOK 3: Justify, some collaboration, abstract, real world, interdisciplinary, more than one answer, multiple approaches
- DOK 4:
- Performance tasksare Key in the higher order DOK 3-4
- DOK 4 is “real worldapplication” (application is a skill)
- The nature of a DOK 4 activity calls for a PBL -project based learning
- Take more time
- Rubric
- Productis important and different
- Teacher is facilitator…roles change as the student does the work
- Collaboration
- Students make decisions
- Students do research
- Challengethe kids
- Problem solving
- Higher order thinking –HOT
- Discovery & Inquiry
- Student does the workand they discovery through inquiry
- Cross disciplines
- Greater student autonomy…not cookie cutter
- They are not led, as they come to their own conclusions.
Curve ball….. Throw on a “what if”, make it real world, this changes directions in thought…This is big, as it shifts the PBL to make them
Do not confine a student’s way to show mastery
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CORNERSTONE SKILLS EXAMPLES
- Analyze
- Infer
- Compare & Contrast
- Justify
- Evaluate
- Create
- Synthesize
- Summarize
DOK Resources
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Webbs Depth of Knowledge Guide