Vocabulary
This type of question guides inquiry and encourages deeper understanding, often addressing the core ideas of a lesson or unit.
What is an essential question?
This part of a lesson plan summarizes the key points and provides an opportunity for students to reflect on what they learned.
What is the closure/closing?
This level of Depth of Knowledge focuses on basic recall of facts, definitions, or simple procedures.
What is DOK level 1?
A teacher tells a student, “Good job!” after finishing an assignment, without mentioning anything specific about what was done well.
What is positive, congruent, evaluative, individual, and general feedback?
This term describes how quickly or slowly a teacher moves through lessons to keep students engaged.
What is pacing?
In lesson planning, this term refers to the observable actions students are expected to demonstrate as a result of instruction.
What is behavior?
This instructional approach involves tailoring lessons to accommodate the varied learning styles and abilities of students
What is differentiated instruction?
Students design and carry out a long-term project that involves researching multiple sources, synthesizing information, and presenting conclusions.
What is DOK Level 4?
During a math lesson, the teacher tells the whole class, “Many of you need to check your work for careless errors before turning it in.”
What is negative, congruent, corrective, group, and general feedback?
Raising a hand and waiting for all students to do the same before speaking is this type of classroom strategy.
What is an attention signal?
These are specific circumstances or contexts under which students will perform the desired behavior, such as tools, environment, or time constraints.
What are conditions?
These are items such as textbooks, manipulatives, or technology that enhance the learning experience and support lesson goals.
What are instructional materials?
This DOK level requires students to make decisions about how to approach a problem, often involving organizing or comparing information.
What is DOK Level 2?
A student is working on a writing assignment, and the teacher says, “Your topic sentence clearly states your main idea, but your supporting details need more explanation.”
What is positive, congruent, evaluative and corrective, individual, and specific feedback?
Arriving on time, dressing appropriately, and following school policies demonstrate this.
What is professionalism?
These criteria focus on subjective qualities of student performance, such as creativity, depth of thought, or communication style, rather than numerical measures.
What are qualitative criteria?
This type of assessment is used during the lesson to monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback for improvement.
What is formal assessment?
Designing a lesson where students must investigate a real-world problem, collect data over time, and revise their thinking represents this level of DOK.
What is DOK Level 4?
A teacher tells a student, “You did a great job staying on topic,” even though the student’s work is off-topic and incomplete.
What is positive, incongruent, evaluative, individual, and general feedback?
Setting clear rules, routines, and expectations helps maintain this.
What is classroom management?
These criteria involve numerical measurements and are used to assess performance based on specific metrics, such as scores or percentages.
What are quantitative criteria?
These are specific goals that outline what students are expected to achieve by the end of the lesson.
What are learning objectives?
A teacher asks students to justify their reasoning when solving a complex problem and explain why their answer makes sense.
What is DOK Level 3?
After reviewing a student’s incorrect math answer, the teacher says, “That’s not quite right—try using the formula we practiced earlier to fix your answer.”
What is negative, congruent, corrective, individual, and specific feedback?
During a lesson, students are moving from an independent reading activity to a small-group discussion. The teacher uses a chime, gives a 30-second warning, and models the next activity so students know exactly what to do. This careful planning and signaling is an example of what?
What is a transition?