Webb’S Depth Of Knowledge

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What is Webb’s Depth of Knowledge? Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) is a scale of cognitive demand. There are 4 levels of Cognitive Complexity.

And the levels are… Recall and Reproduction: Level 1 Skills & Concepts: Level 2 Strategic Thinking: Level 3 Extended Thinking: Level 4

Level 1- Recall and Reproduction DOK 1 requires recall of information, such as a fact, definition, term, or performance of a simple process or procedure. Answering a Level 1 item can involve following a simple, well-known procedure or formula. Simple skills and abilities or recall characterize DOK 1.

Level 1 Examples List animals that survive by eating other animals. Locate or recall facts explicitly found in text Describe physical features of places Determine the perimeter or area of rectangles given a drawing or labels Identify elements of music using musical terminology Identify basic rules for participating in simple games and activities

Level 2 – Skills and Concepts DOK 2 includes the engagement of some mental processing beyond recalling or reproducing a response. Items require students to make some decisions as to how to approach the question or problem. These actions imply more than one mental or cognitive process/step .

Level 2 - Examples Compare desert and tropical environments Identify and summarize the major events, problem, solution, conflicts in literary text Explain the cause-effect of historical events Predict a logical outcome based on information in a reading selection Explain how good work habits are important at home, school, and on the job. Classify plane and three dimensional figures Describe various styles of music

Level 3 – Strategic Thinking DOK 3 requires deep understanding as exhibited through planning, using evidence, and more demanding cognitive reasoning . The cognitive demands at Level 3 are complex and abstract. An assessment item that has more than one possible answer and requires students to justify the response they give would most likely be a Level 3.

Level 3 - Examples Develop a scientific model for a complex idea Propose and evaluate solutions for an economic problem Explain, generalize or connect ideas, using supporting evidence from a text or source Create a dance that represents the characteristics of a culture

Level 4 – Extended Thinking DOK 4 requires high cognitive demand and is very complex . Students are expected to make connections— relate ideas within the content or among content areas—and have to select or devise one approach among many alternatives on how the situation can be solved. Due to the complexity of cognitive demand, DOK 4 often requires an extended period of time.

Level 4 – Example Gather, analyze, organize, and interpret information from multiple (print and non print sources) to draft a reasoned report Analyzing author’s craft (e.g., style, bias, literary techniques, point of view) Create an exercise plan applying the “FITT (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type) Principle”

DOK levels can be cumulative An item/standard written to DOK 3 often contains DOK 1 and DOK 2 level demands.

It’s the question NOT the verb… The Depth of Knowledge is NOT determined by the verb, but the context in which the verb is used and the depth of thinking required. DOK 3- Describe a model that you might use to represent the relationships that exist within the rock cycle. (requires deep understanding of rock cycle and a determination of how best to represent it) DOK 2- Describe the difference between metamorphic and igneous rocks. (requires cognitive processing to determine the differences in the two rock types) DOK 1- Describe three characteristics of metamorphic rocks. (simple recall)

How does FCAT use Cognitive Complexity Levels? Taken from: FCAT Test Design Summary © July 2008 Florida Department of Education ( http://fcat.fldoe.org/pdf/fc05designsummary.pdf )

Percentage of Points by Cognitive Complexity Level for FCAT Reading 25–35 45–65 10–20 10* 20–30 50–70 10–20 9 20–30 50–70 10–20 8* 15–25 50–70 15–25 5-7 10–20 50–70 20–30 4* 5–15 50–70 25–35 3 High Level Moderate Level Low Level Grades

Percentage of Points by Cognitive Complexity Level for FCAT Mathematics 20-30 50-70 10-20 10* 10–20 60-80 10-20 9 20–30 50-70 10-20 8* 10–20 60-80 10-20 6-7 20–30 50-70 10-20 5* 5–15 50-70 25-35 3 – 4 High Level Moderate Level Low Level Grades

Percentage of Points by Cognitive Complexity Level for FCAT Science 25-35 40-60 15-25 11* 25-35 40-60 15-25 8* 25-35 40-60 15-25 5* High Level Moderate Level Low Level Grades

Writing The FCAT Writing prompt is a high cognitive complexity performance task administered at Grades 4, 8, and 10.

Question…. If 10-20% of the questions on FCAT are a Low Level of Complexity…How much class time should we devote to DOK Level 1 Thinking? If 80% of the questions on FCAT (and in life) require Moderate to High levels of Complexity…What are we doing to promote these complex levels of higher order thinking?

Webb’S Depth Of Knowledge

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