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Texas College and Career Readiness Standards. Cross Disciplinary Standards. Objectives. Identify the purpose and structure of the College Career and Readiness Standards (CCRS ). Specify the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in entry-level college and university courses .
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Texas College and Career Readiness Standards Cross Disciplinary Standards
Objectives • Identify the purpose and structure of the College Career and Readiness Standards (CCRS). • Specify the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in entry-level college and university courses. • At the end of the module, you will be asked to complete an Online Assessment to earn credit for this course.
CCRS – Cross Disciplinary Standards • Some elements that go across one or more disciplines. • Some elements span all five subject areas.
CCRS – Cross Disciplinary Standards • Important to identify knowledge and skills that connect all four disciplinary areas. • CCRS adds a section for Cross-Disciplinary Standards • Reason and Problem Solving • Cite examples that support your conclusions. • Reading • Scan headlines, graphs, pictures, sidebars to form an overall understanding of a text. • Writing • Use symbols, diagrams, graphs, and words to communicate ideas • Data Analysis • Identify patterns • Conducting Research • Gather information related to a topic of study
CCRS – Cross Disciplinary Standards • Academic and business leaders emphasize the importance of applying these skills across a variety of contexts. • Workplace tasks increasingly require application of knowledge across subject areas. • Increasingly require mastery and application of communication and analysis skills across disciplines.
CCRS – Cross Disciplinary Standards • Cross Disciplinary Standards: • Key Cognitive Sills • Intellectual behaviors that are relevant in entry-level college courses • Intellectual curiosity • Reasoning • Problem solving • Academic Behaviors • Work Habits • Academic Integrity
Key Cognitive Skills • Intellectual Curiosity • Engage in scholarly inquiry and dialogue • Accept constructive criticism • Revise personal when valid evidence warrants
Key Cognitive Skills • Reasoning • Gather evidence to support opinions, discoveries, and lines of thought • Problem Solving • Develop multiple ways to resolve problems.
Key Cognitive Skills • Academic Behaviors • Self monitor learning • Seek help when needed • Work Habits • Work Collaboratively • Academic Integrity • Evaluate sources of information for validity and relevance.
CCRS – Cross Disciplinary Standards • Cross Disciplinary Standards: • Skills that students should be able to transfer and apply across different subjects
Foundational Skills • Reading across the curriculum • Use different strategies to understand meanings of new words. • Analyze textual information
Foundational Skills • Writing Across the Curriculum • Write for a variety of different people for different reasons.
Foundational Skills • Research across the curriculum • Synthesize and put information together in an effective meaning.
Foundational Skills • Use of Data • Present data and findings in a variety of different ways.
Foundational Skills • Technology • Communicate • Display findings in various ways • Show information in a clear manner.
In Conclusion • Please take a few minutes to complete the online assessment by clicking on the following link: Cross Disciplinary Standards Assessment
Sources • "www.thecb.state.tx.us." . University Printing Services, n.d. Web. 25 Jun 2013.