1. What is it with these two?
Bloom & Webb
What is it with these two?

2. Bloom’s Taxonomy
1950s Research on how children learn
1956 Bloom created a Learning Taxonomy
based on knowledge dimensions
Purpose was to help teacher write better learning objectives

3. Bloom’s Six Levels Recalling previously learned material Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Recalling previously learned material
Grasp the meaning of the material
Ability to use the material, apply rules, methods
Breaking down material in order to understand it
Put all the pieces together to form a product (essay)
Make judgments about the material

4. Bloom’s Revised
2001 Anderson and Krathwohl revised Bloom’s
combined the cognitive process & the knowledge dimensions
Purpose: allows for a better alignment of objectives and assessment techniques.

5. Revised Taxonomy Knowledge Dimension Factual Conceptual Procedural
Meta-Cognitive
Cognitive Process
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
Evaluate
Create

6. Importance for Teachers
How Does Webb Fit In?
Webb designed a model to analyze the cognitive expectations of standards, curricular activities and assessment tasks
Importance for Teachers
RIDE PBGR require DOKs 3 & 4
Teacher Evals require DOKs 3 & 4

7. Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Guide
Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Guide
Guide Includes
Level explanations
Possible products
Teacher roles
Potential activities

8. Using DOKs Shop Talk Workshop
Using DOKs Shop Talk Workshop
Using DOKs specific for your content area

9. Depth of Knowledge
The Depth of Knowledge is the degree of understanding a student needs to respond to an assessment item. 
There are 4 DOK
progressive levels:
recall
Skills/concepts
strategic thinking
extended thinking

10. Does this Look Familiar?
The Famous DOK Wheel

11. The Same Verb but Three different DOK Levels
Describe the difference between metamorphic and igneous rocks.
Describe three characteristics of metamorphic rocks.
Describe a model that you might use to represent the relationships that exist within the rock cycle.

12. What DOK Level were they ?
What Do You Think?
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. (Requires simple recall)
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)