Increasing Rigor - 6 Starter Strategies by Rebecca Brennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk F. Critical Thinking InTASC 5d Engages learners in critical thinking in local and/or global contexts that 1. Fosters problem solving 2. Encourages conceptual connections 3. Challenges assumptions en-us 2021-04-20 19:24:54 UTC 2023-06-21 08:45:03 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Necessitate a transfer of understanding: Transfer requires a student to apply knowledge in new and unfamiliar situations, an inherently rigorous process. If you can encourage self-initiated transfer (unprompted or coached), all the better. rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439672143 2021-04-20 19:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439672143 2. Require students to synthesize multiple sourcesIn rigorous tasks, learners will often need to synthesize data, positions, or theories from multiple sources or perspectives. Whether these are literary perspectives, scientific viewpoints, religious ideas, mathematical theories, or any other fundamentally subjective content, when learners have to analyze, internalize, and reconcile multiple perspectives to create a new position or perspective, rigor is a safe bet. rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439674699 2021-04-20 19:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439674699 3. Design tasks with multiple steps that build cognitivelyNot all tasks that require multiple steps are inherently rigorous (fill out the worksheet, turn it in, read the book, answer the questions, talk to your partner about your answers and turn them in is neither a unique or rigorous approach to learning).If the tasks build (somewhat parallel to Bloom’s Taxonomy), rigor is more likely. In this approach, a student might define “conflict,” analyze cause-effect of a specific conflict, research the sources of said conflict, then design some kind of short-term solution to one critical cause of said conflict. This approach starts simple, becomes more complex, and is likely to challenge any student no matter how “proficient” their understanding. rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439675926 2021-04-20 19:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439675926 4. Use divergent perspectivesUse authors, philosophers, artists, content experts, or other thinkers who make authentic cases of their own that offer contrasting perspectives. Not only does this encourage argument analysis, credibility, etc., but also models how elusive and illusory “truth is,” a rigorous idea of its own. rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439681729 2021-04-20 19:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439681729 5. Use divergent media formsRather than two (or more) texts, require students to analyze a conversation, a poem, and a tweet; a YouTube video, an encyclopedic resource, and an interview with an expert. The more (seemingly) awkward and divergent, the more learners are challenged to develop new strategies to find solutions. rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439683253 2021-04-20 19:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439683253 6. Require students to take and defend positionsThis can be done first in small groups, then socialized into larger groups (hopefully outside the classroom). A “position” requires a kind of cognitive ownership that is not only indirectly engaging but also intellectually stimulating and even emotionally demanding, requiring students to think “Why?” as much as “What?,” “When?,” and “Where?” rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439685605 2021-04-20 19:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439685605 rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439714533 2021-04-20 19:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439714533 rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439723553 2021-04-20 19:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439723553 http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/siteASCD/publications/books/learning-targets-sample-chapters.pdf rebbrennan https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439785808 2021-04-20 19:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1439785808 https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1440183467 2021-04-20 22:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbrennan/ngi1ea3bv4ta92vk/wish/1440183467