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 K - 12).
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.
Learn how to
use the Cognitive Rigor Questions Framework developed by MAVERIK EDUCATION LLC to create good questions that promote cognitive rigor by challenging students to demonstrate higher order thinking and communicate depth of knowledge.
Not exact matches
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.
Lessons that meet this learning objective require higher
cognitive rigor like planning, reasoning, and explaining the process
used to derive the answer.
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.
By the end of this training, participants will recognize what are the 8 different kinds of good questions that promote
cognitive rigor and how they can
use these good questions to set the instructional focus and serve as assessments to deeper student - centered learning experiences.
The bold cluster is rephrased into a
cognitive rigor question that sets the instructional focus and serves as the assessment for student learning, asking them to examine and explain how and why can the place value system be understood and
used to determine the value of multi-digit numbers.
Perhaps you were provided a copy of this graphic as a poster or instructional tool you can
use develop and deliver lessons that not only address depth of knowledge but also promote
cognitive rigor.