Teaching Rigor and Relevance

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Teaching Rigor and Relevance

• International Center for Leadership in Education

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• 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.

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Objectives

• What do students need to know and be able to do?

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Rigor/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
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
KNOWLEDGE
D
C
B
A
A P P L I C A T I O N
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• 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.

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• Assimilation - Students extend and refine their
  knowledge so that they can use it automatically
  and routinely to analyze and solve problems and
  create solutions.

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• 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.

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Learning 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
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Rigor/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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