Michelle Gainer has been working with schools, principals and district administrators for more than 10 years helping them to understand and analyze data and implement key strategies to increase student achievement. With 15 years of classroom teaching experience in mathematics and the author of four elementary and secondary mathematics textbooks Michelle provides particular expertise in the analysis of student data and mathematics instruction. Michelle has National Board Certification in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Mathematics.
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Cognitive Complexity
By mgainer - March 20th, 2009
FCAT is done - Spring Break is coming - only about nine weeks of school to go for the year! Remember, that is one-fourth of your school year! Make sure that time is used wisely. Marzano research has shown that there is a strong
correlation between teacher use of higher order questions and higher levels of student achievement. The Florida DOE shifted from using Bloom's Taxonomy to using Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels.
This puts the focus of FCAT test items on the thinking of the student, not just the student's ability. That causes a shift in how we teach. We need to develop ability, but also students ability to THINK for themselves.
The DOK has three levels: Low, Moderate, High. These are described in the Cognitive Complexity document on the Florida DOE website. The year is not over! Use the next part of the year to analyze the curriculum. Make sure that the DOK that you are using in your classrooms matches the FCAT. Discuss ways to make content on your classroom assessments match the DOK. Good luck!
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