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Many of us started our educational careers with Bloom’s Taxonomy,

named after Benjamin Bloom in the mid-1900’s.

Do you remember?

Lower Order Thinking

Skills to Higher Order

Thinking Skills.

(LOTS-HOTS)

Jerry Seinfeld did!

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Turn and Talk:

1. Where did you first hear about Bloom’s?

2. How have you used Bloom’s in designing lessons or assessments?

3. What are the major differences in Bloom’s and Webb’s DOK?

4. How can you merge Bloom’s and the DOK to create differentiation in your

classroom?

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Revised Bloom’s Iowa State University

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*WHAT?

Integrated with the

Revised Bloom’s

Taxonomy

Descriptive, not a

taxonomy

*WHY?

To connect Bloom’s

(Revised Bloom’s) to

the more cognitively

demanding tasks of the

CCSS/PA CORE.

*AND?

To be a tool to help

increase rigor of

curriculum maps,

assessments and

instructional (best)

practices.

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SIDE-BY-SIDE

The Depth of Knowledge is NOT

determined by the verb, but the context

in which the verb is used and the depth

of thinking required.

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DOK- Chocolate Chip Cookie

Model

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After viewing the “Chocolate Chip” model how can you see the

DOK as a way of differentiating in your classroom?

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How does DOK fit into Keystone Exams?

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How does DOK fit into Keystone Exams?

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How does DOK fit into Keystone Exams?

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• DOK 3- Describe a model that you might use to represent the relationships that exist within the rock cycle. (requires deep understanding of rock cycle and a determination of how best to represent it)

• DOK 2- Describe the difference between metamorphic and igneous rocks. (requires cognitive processing to determine the differences in the two rock types)

• DOK 1- Describe three characteristics of metamorphic rocks. (simple recall)

Same verb—three DOK levels

Another example:

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• Depth of Knowledge (DOK) is a scale of cognitive demand.

• DOK requires looking at the assessment item/standard-not student work-in order to determine the level. DOK is about the item/standard-not the student.

• The context of the assessment item/standard must be considered to determine the DOK-not just a look at what verb was chosen.

An item/standard

written to DOK 3

often contains DOK

1 and DOK 2 level

demands

In Summary:

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CLOSING:

Tying it together…..

1. Where did you first hear about Bloom’s?

2. How have you used Bloom’s in designing lessons or

assessments?

3. What are the major differences in Bloom’s and Webb’s

DOK?

4. How can you merge Bloom’s and the DOK to create

differentiation in your classroom?

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