Rigor and Relevance

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• Rigor and Relevance
• for ALL Students

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"A society's competitive advantage will come not
from how well its schools teach the
multiplication and periodic tables, but from how
well they stimulate imagination and creativity."
- Albert Einstein
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21st Century Skills

• Thinking Critically
• Problem Solving
• Creativity
• Communicating and Collaborating
• Making use of knowledge
• Taking charge of financial, health,
• and civic responsibility

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Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
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Six Principles

• Simplicity
• Unexpectedness
• Concreteness
• Credibility
• Emotions
• Stories

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But HOW we teachis just as important as HOW
MUCHwe teach
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First We must close the Engagement Gap Before
we can close the Achievement Gap!
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The Rigor/Relevance Framework Is critical For
21st Century Students
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Brain Researchis providing new support
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Activating Learning

• Learning takes place when multiple neurons fire
  from numerous places in the brain, and these new
  memories can be retrieved over a period of time.
• Learning must be connected and relevant to be
  remembered.
• We only remember things that have meaning for us.

The Brain Responding to Visual Stimuli Image
courtesy of R. Clay Reid
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Use it or lose it,becauseNeurons that fire
together,wire together!
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You want your neural networks to look like a
maple treeNot a palm tree!
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Connections / Pathways
Association Area
Prefrontal Cortex
Sight
Hearing
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From Theory to Practice

• The Rigor and Relevance
• Framework

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Theory to Practice

• Focus on instruction through RR
• Work with ICLE
• Instructional Strategies Handbook
• Common vocabulary
• Collaboration for best practices

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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Knowledge
Application
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2
3
4
5
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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
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5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Application
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Knowledge Taxonomy

• 1. Awareness
• 2. Comprehension
• 3. Application
• 4. Analysis
• 5. Synthesis
• 6. Evaluation

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Basic Nutrition
Knowledge Taxonomy
6 Appraise results of personal eating habits over
time
5 Develop personal nutrition goals
4 Examine success in achieving nutrition goals
3 Use nutrition guidelines in planning meals
2 Explain nutritional value of foods
1 Label food by nutritional groups
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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Application Model

• 1 Label food by nutrition groups
• 2 Rank foods by nutritional value
• 3 Make cost comparison of foods considering
  nutritional value
• 4 Develop nutritional plan for a health problem
  affected by food
• 5 Devise a sound nutritional plan for a group of
  3 year-olds who are picky eaters

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Application Model

• Is it Application?
• If NO
• If YES - Is it real world?
• If NO and one discipline
• If NO and interdisciplinary
• If YES - Is it unpredictable?
• If NO
• If YES

Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
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Levels
Blooms
C D A B
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5
4
3
2
1 2 3 4 5
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Application
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Teacher/Student Roles
D
C
Student Think
Student Think Work
RIGOR
High
B
A
Teacher Work
Student Work
Low
High
Low
RELEVANCE
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Did Students Get it Right?
D
C
Rational Answer
Right Questions
RIGOR
High
B
A
Right Answer
Right Procedure
Low
High
Low
RELEVANCE
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Easy
D
C
Compare captialism and socialism
RIGOR
Write a letter to the editor
High
B
A
Make change as cashier without working register
Low
Count by 5s to 100
High
Low
RELEVANCE
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Difficult
D
C
Determine cost efficent heating for new home
design
Solve quadratic equations
RIGOR
High
B
A
Describe function of gas spectrophotometer
Troubleshoot lawnmower that doesnt start
Low
High
Low
RELEVANCE
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OK. In which quadrantdoes this belong?
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
KNOWLEDGE
D
C
Express probabilities as fractions, percents,
or decimals. Classify triangles according to
angle size and/or length of sides. Calculate
volume of simple three- dimensional
shapes. Given the coordinates of a
quadrilateral, plot the quadrilateral on a grid.
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
KNOWLEDGE
D
C
Express probabilities as fractions, percents,
or decimals. Classify triangles according to
angle size and/or length of sides. Calculate
volume of simple three- dimensional
shapes. Given the coordinates of a
quadrilateral, plot the quadrilateral on a grid.
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
KNOWLEDGE
Analyze the graphs of the perimeters and areas
of squares having different-length
sides. Determine the largest rectangular area
for a fixed perimeter. Identify coordinates for
ordered pairs that satisfy an algebraic relation
or function. Determine and justify the
similarity or congruence for two geometric
shapes.
D
C
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Analyze the graphs of the perimeters and areas
of squares having different-length
sides. Determine the largest rectangular area
for a fixed perimeter. Identify coordinates for
ordered pairs that satisfy an algebraic relation
or function. Determine and justify the
similarity or congruence for two geometric
shapes.
KNOWLEDGE
D
C
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Calculate percentages of advertising in a
newspaper. Tour the school building and
identify examples of parallel and perpendicular
lines, planes, and angles. Determine the
median and mode of real data displayed in a
histogram Organize and display collected data,
using appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.
KNOWLEDGE
D
C
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
KNOWLEDGE
D
C
Calculate percentages of advertising in a
newspaper. Tour the school building and
identify examples of parallel and perpendicular
lines, planes, and angles. Determine the
median and mode of real data displayed in a
histogram Organize and display collected data,
using appropriate tables, charts, or graphs.
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Obtain historical data about local weather to
predict the chance of snow, rain, or sun during
year. Test consumer products and illustrate
the data graphically. Plan a large school event
and calculate resources (food, decorations, etc.)
you need to organize and hold this event. Make
a scale drawing of the classroom on grid paper,
each group using a different scale.
KNOWLEDGE
D
C
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
KNOWLEDGE
Obtain historical data about local weather to
predict the chance of snow, rain, or sun during
year. Test consumer products and illustrate
the data graphically. Plan a large school event
and calculate resources (food, decorations, etc.)
you need to organize and hold this event. Make
a scale drawing of the classroom on grid paper,
each group using a different scale.
D
C
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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Rigor/ RelevanceHandbook
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Learning Power Tools for 21st Century Learners

• Conversing Sharing
• Searching Exploring
• Collecting Organizing
• Modeling Simulating
• Creating Constructing

From National Research Council, Edited by
Bransford, Brown and Cocking
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Changing Literacy for the 21st Century

• Increasing demands of non-prose text such as
  websites, iPods, cell phones, charts, maps,
  graphs, photos, composite devices, etc.
• Changes in texts, newspapers, work documents
• The need for Quantitative Literacy

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Tools that Work for Highly Visual 21st Century
Learners

• Video clips before, during and after learning
• Environmental Impacting unit by unit
• Use of technology
• Use of color coding, text coding, and cueing
• What else would you add?

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"A society's competitive advantage will come not
from how well its schools teach the
multiplication and periodic tables, but from how
well they stimulate imagination and creativity."
- Albert Einstein
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Rigor and Relevance Help us Solve The Right
Problem
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Jim Warford International Center for Leadership
in Education, Inc.
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