STRATEGIES FOR RIGOR AND RELEVANCE

1. “In years to come, your students may forget what you taught them. But they will always remember how you made them feel.”

2. STRATEGIES FORRIGOR ANDRELEVANCE International Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.

3. Successful Training…What worked best?What were/are your challenges?

4. Rigor/Relevance Framework International Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.

5. Rigor/Relevant Framework Knowledge Application 1. Awareness 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation 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

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

7. Memorable Learning Think – pair – share Recall a “memorable” learning experience you have had in your life. What made it memorable?

8. RIGOR - Bloom’s Taxonomy http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm Old Version - 1956 New Version – 1990s

9. RIGOR - New Bloom’s Taxonomy • Creating – generating new products or ideas or points of view • Evaluating – justifying a decision or choice • Analyzing – breaking into component parts • Applying – using information in a new setting • Understanding – explaining idea or concept • Remembering – recalling information • Use this taxonomy as a way to define rigor.

10. RIGOR - New Bloom’s Taxonomy • Creating – generating new products or ideas or points of view • Evaluating – justifying a decision or choice • Analyzing – breaking into component parts • Applying – using information in a new setting • Understanding – explaining idea or concept • Remembering – recalling information • Use this taxonomy as a way to define rigor.

11. RELEVANCE – Do the learners… • …understand how this information or skill has some application in their lives? • …recognize this as work that people do in real life? • …have the opportunity to follow their own process rather than just learn the facts? • …learn NOT just content and skills, but learn how they learn?

12. Rigor/Relevance Framework ™ International Center for Leadership in Education. http://www.leadered.com/rrr.html

13. Rigor/Relevance Framework ™ C D Rigor A B Relevance

14. Rigor/Relevance Framework ™ C D Knowledge A B Application

15. Rigor/Relevance Framework Teacher/Student Roles D C Student Think Student Think & Work RIGOR High B A Teacher Work Student Work Low Low High RELEVANCE

16. Rigor/Relevance Framework Did Students Get it Right? D C Rational Answer Right Questions RIGOR High B A Right Answer Right Procedure Low Low High RELEVANCE

17. Rigor/Relevance Framework Reflective Thought KNOWLEDGE D C Reflection to Analyze Reflection to Create, Design, or Develop B A No Reflection Only the Right Answer Reflection to Follow Right Steps A P P L I C A T I O N

18. Rigor/Relevance Framework Relationships KNOWLEDGE D C Requires relationships where students receive assistance as needed Requires relationships at high levels and with multiple people B A Requires relationships where students work effectively with others Relationships have little influence on learning A P P L I C A T I O N

19. Changing Nature of Work • International Comparisons • Changing Youth • Way to Focus on Student Learning • Tool for School Alignment • Explain What is Important • It is what is on THE test • Increase Student Motivation Why Rigor and Relevance?

20. Challenging Assessments • Interdisciplinary Instruction • Reading in the Content Area • Communicating with Parents • Use of Technology • New Teaching Ideas • Peer Teaching Observations • Peer Learning Experience Review • Action Research • Continuous Professional Development Ways to Increase Rigor and Relevance

21. Better prepare students for future work • Way to focus student learning on priority standards • Ensure student achieve standards • Align curriculum, instruction and assessment • Prepare for state tests • Increase student interest and motivation Benefits of Using Rigor and Relevance?

22. Instructional Strategies: How to Teach for Rigor and Relevance “Teaching is only as good as the learning that takes place.”

23. Instructional Strategies:How to Teach for Rigor and Relevance International Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.

24. ACTIVITY Matching Strategies to R & R Framework

25. Strategies • Brainstorming • Cooperative Learning • Demonstration • Guided Practice • Inquiry • Instructional Technology • Lecture • Note-taking/Graphic Organizers • Memorization • Presentations/Exhibitions • Research • Problem-based learning • Project Design • Simulation/Role-playing • Socratic Seminar • Teacher Questions • Work-based Learning

26. Research When to Use Strategy Based on Rigor/Relevance Framework

27. Selection of Strategies Based on Rigor/ Relevance Framework

28. Rigor/Relevance Framework KNOWLEDGE Problems D C Projects Activities B A A P P L I C A T I O N

29. Correlation With Assessments

30. ACTIVITY MATCHING 1. List four types of assessment. 2. Match an ideal strategy to each assessment. Example: Multiple Choice— Lecture

31. Types of Assessment Rigorous and Relevant Instruction • Multiple Choice • Constructed Response • Extended Response • Process Performance • Product Performance • Portfolio • Interview • Self Reflection

32. Multiple Choice Self Reflection Performance Performance Constructed Interview Response Response Extended Portfolio Product Process Matching Strategies to Forms of Student Assessment p. 21

33. Staying on the Cutting Edge • Recognize the need for change • Focus on the real goals • Keep yourself learning • Share with others

34. Are you still making allof the decisions?

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