As a university supervisor for student teachers, I incorporate a focus on examining student work for
cognitive rigor in my practicums.
All CFA questions match the specific levels of
cognitive rigor in the «unwrapped» concepts and skills (determined by educators through reference to the revised Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge).
Not exact matches
This is especially important because the Common Core is demanding on students and asks them to learn
in ways that No Child Left Behind often did not - and to develop the stamina to dig into challenging work that includes increased
cognitive rigor.
Try this exercise to better understand the
cognitive depth of the tasks you are using
in your classroom and improve the
rigor of your instruction:
Today various educational and testing organizations
in the US and other countries now use the Hess
Cognitive Rigor Matrix
in training materials...
Today various educational and testing organizations
in the US and other countries now use the Hess
Cognitive Rigor Matrix
in training materials for their professional development and curriculum work.
Karin Hess, Ed.D, is a recognized international leader
in developing practical approaches for using
cognitive rigor and learning progressions as the foundation for formative, interim, and performance assessments.
Using
cognitive resources that actively engage students
in thinking about the text, such as the DOK & Bloom's levels will increase
rigor and raise the caliber of conversation.
They were only using the resource they were provided
in their own training by either an academic organization or professional development provider who specialized
in training that addresses the
cognitive rigor of college and career ready standards.
These seminars and trainings are designed specifically for educators who are interested
in learning how to promote
cognitive rigor through inquiry
in a certain content area or to deliver a distinctive learning experience such as project - based or problem - based learning.
We had experts evaluate our bilingual classrooms to see if they were teaching at the level of
rigor in their native language so that they would have the
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) needed to operate
in both languages.
Karin lays the ground work for developing short and more
in - depth performance tasks by defining the concept of «
cognitive rigor» and using her Cognitive Rigor Matrix it to analyze content - specific examples of assessments (grades
cognitive rigor» and using her Cognitive Rigor Matrix it to analyze content - specific examples of assessments (grades K -
rigor» and using her
Cognitive Rigor Matrix it to analyze content - specific examples of assessments (grades
Cognitive Rigor Matrix it to analyze content - specific examples of assessments (grades K -
Rigor Matrix it to analyze content - specific examples of assessments (grades K - 12).
In response to this problem, Birdville designed a pilot to increase personalized instruction and cognitive rigor, while also providing students with opportunities to develop specific learning objectives, monitor their progress, and participate in more engaging experience
In response to this problem, Birdville designed a pilot to increase personalized instruction and
cognitive rigor, while also providing students with opportunities to develop specific learning objectives, monitor their progress, and participate
in more engaging experience
in more engaging experiences.
She provides leadership
in designing effective comprehensive assessment systems, including guidance on the development of performance assessments and rubrics, facilitating deep understanding of
cognitive rigor, scoring and analyzing student work, and deepening understanding of assessment and data literacy.
Evaluations of sustained treatment effects for other, more - intensive, early childhood interventions have yielded mixed results, with variation being attributed to unevenness
in both program quality and evaluation
rigor.10, 11 Less - intensive interventions, such as the Comprehensive Child Development Program, have reported no effect during or after the intervention.12 Intensive interventions with short - term effects seem to be more likely to demonstrate sustained benefits for children's
cognitive and social development and parenting behaviors.11