Art and Science of Lesson Design - Practical Approaches to Boosting Cognitive Rigor in the Classroom

This book guides K-12 instructors to apply the Rigor Cube, a three-dimensional scheme involving Depth of Knowledge and Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, to plan and deliver standards-based lessons.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Scope of the Lesson
Chapter 2: Crafting a Culminating Activity
Chapter 3: Identifying Lesson Content
Chapter 4: Selecting Instructional Methods
Chapter 5: Background Knowledge Barriers
Chapter 6: Developing Formative Assessments
Chapter 7: Vignette
Appendix A: Instructional Strategies
Appendix B : Templates
References

About the author

John Walkup, PhD is a pioneer in the classroom use of Cognitive Rigor, the superposition of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy and Depth of Knowledge. Supervising a team of 20 researchers at his own company, the author led the two largest studies of classroom rigor ever performed in the United States encompassing over 200 public schools and over a quarter-million student assignments.

Stephan Squire, MS teaches physics at McLane High School in Fresno, CA. He earned his master's degree in physics at California State University, Fresno studying the impact of lab activities designed to promote scientific reasoning and critical thinking.

Summary

This book guides K-12 instructors to apply the Rigor Cube, a three-dimensional scheme involving Depth of Knowledge and Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, to plan and deliver standards-based lessons.

Product details

• Authors: John R. Walkup
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781475854428
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5442-8
• No. of pages: 158
• Assisted by: Stephan Squire
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, Bloom's Taxonomy, Cognitive Rigor, Curriculum development, Curriculum rigor, Depth of Knowledge, DOK, Lesson planning, teacher training, Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, EDUCATION / Teaching / General