Title: Teaching Rigor and Relevance
1Teaching Rigor and Relevance
- International Center for Leadership in Education
2- A rigorous and relevant education is a product of
effective learning, which takes place when
standards, curriculum, instruction, and
assessment interrelate and reinforce each other.
3Objectives
- What do students need to know and be able to do?
4Rigor/Relevant Framework
Knowledge
Application
1. Knowledge of one discipline 2. Application
within discipline 3. Application across
disciplines 4. Application to real world
predictable situations 5. Application to real
world unpredictable situations
1. Awareness 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4.
Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation
5Rigor/Relevance Framework
KNOWLEDGE
D
C
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
6- Acquisition - Students gather and store bits of
knowledge and info. Students are expected to
remember and understand - Application - Students use acquired knowledge to
solve problems, design solutions and complete
work.
7- Assimilation - Students extend and refine their
knowledge so that they can use it automatically
and routinely to analyze and solve problems and
create solutions.
8- Adaptation - Students have the competence to
think in complex ways and also to apply knowledge
and skills they have acquired. Even when
confronted with perplexing unknowns, students are
able to use their extensive knowledge base and
skills to create unique solutions and take action
that further develops their skills and knowledge.
9Learning Spanish
D
C
Fluent - understands cultural uses and norms of
vocab
Uses large vocab to communicate nedds
High
B
A
Vocab and verb conjugation
Writing in simple sentences and speaking in
structured conversation
Low
High
Low
10Rigor/Relevance Framework
D
C
Write procedures for installing and
troubleshooting new software
High
Compare and contrast several techinical documents
to evaluate purpose, audience, and clarity
B
A
Recall definitions of various technical terms
Follow written instructions to install software
Low
High
Low
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