Here is your lifelong learning 'rigor' hit list for the week:
1). 4 myths about rigor in the classroom
2). How to add rigor to anything
3). Rigor is not a four letter word
4). DOK stem questions to increase rigor
5). The rigor meter
Rigor is about quality, not quantity – Rigor is not increased by assigning more homework; it results from depth over breadth.
Rigor is for everyone – Rigor is not something reserved just for advanced students.
Rigor is about learning, not punishment – Rigor is about growth and success, not failure.
Rigor litmus test:
~ When you ask a question, do the students need to know just one piece of information or do they need to know several pieces of information to formulate their answer?
~ Can students look up and find the answers to the questions they are being asked by a simple Google search?
~ When a student finishes their work, do they get to do more of the same type of work or are they allowed to transfer what they've just finished into other content areas?
~ If you are absent, do the students have the proper support to continue working or does the learning come to a halt because you aren't present?
- Do you ask high level rigorous questions only then to allow low level less than rigorous responses? For example, a student responds with a 'yes' or 'no' response and then the teacher moves on, or a student doesn't know the answer, and the teachers goes to the next student. Rigor requires the teacher and the student to 'extend' the questioning and the answering beyond just the surface.
~ Do students say your class is hard because they haven't memorized all the dates, definitions, or names of the people involved? DOK level 1, basic recall and memorization, can be quite hard and difficult, but it's NOT rigorous.
**Please remember, you need to have DOK levels 1 and 2 before you can have levels 3 and 4, but if you only have levels 1 and 2, then you are shortchanging your students. Also, just because something is 'hard,' does not mean it's rigorous...
1). 4 myths about rigor in the classroom
2). How to add rigor to anything
3). Rigor is not a four letter word
4). DOK stem questions to increase rigor
5). The rigor meter
Rigor is about quality, not quantity – Rigor is not increased by assigning more homework; it results from depth over breadth.
Rigor is for everyone – Rigor is not something reserved just for advanced students.
Rigor is about learning, not punishment – Rigor is about growth and success, not failure.
~ When you ask a question, do the students need to know just one piece of information or do they need to know several pieces of information to formulate their answer?
~ Can students look up and find the answers to the questions they are being asked by a simple Google search?
~ When a student finishes their work, do they get to do more of the same type of work or are they allowed to transfer what they've just finished into other content areas?
~ If you are absent, do the students have the proper support to continue working or does the learning come to a halt because you aren't present?
- Do you ask high level rigorous questions only then to allow low level less than rigorous responses? For example, a student responds with a 'yes' or 'no' response and then the teacher moves on, or a student doesn't know the answer, and the teachers goes to the next student. Rigor requires the teacher and the student to 'extend' the questioning and the answering beyond just the surface.
~ Do students say your class is hard because they haven't memorized all the dates, definitions, or names of the people involved? DOK level 1, basic recall and memorization, can be quite hard and difficult, but it's NOT rigorous.
**Please remember, you need to have DOK levels 1 and 2 before you can have levels 3 and 4, but if you only have levels 1 and 2, then you are shortchanging your students. Also, just because something is 'hard,' does not mean it's rigorous...
Rigor is not…
50 math problems for homework
when fewer will achieve mastery.
More worksheets for the student
who finished the assignment early.
Using a seventh grade text book
with your high performing sixth grade students.
Covering more material in a
shorter period of time.
Just for a select group of
students.
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