1. Rigor and Questioning What is Effective Questioning? How does it relate to Rigor?

2. Misuses of Questioning Primary means to check for comprehension Initiate-Respond-Evaluate Cycle Guess what’s in the teacher’s head Vocal minority of students dominate Can’t ensure the whole class understands

3. Developing Authentic Questions “The important thing is to ensure that the questions engage students in deeper thinking and not merely prompt them to recall information that they have read or been told.” Fisher & Frey, Checking for Understanding

4. Rigor Rigor is creating an environment in which each student is expected to learn at high levels, each student is supported so he or she can learn at high levels, and each student demonstrates learning at high levels.

5. Bloom’s Taxonomy An organizational structure to classify types of knowledge…an excellent tool for developing questions that represent the range of knowledge that should be taught in the classroom

6. Bloom, Cont’d Knowledge: Recall data or information (define, describe, identify) Comprehension: Understand the meaning of information (estimate, explain, predict)

7. Where’s Waldo?

8. Bloom, Cont’d Application: Use a concept in a new situation (apply, demonstrate, show, solve) Analysis: Separate concepts into parts to understand (analyze, compare, contrast, differentiate)

9. Application? Analysis?

10. Bloom, Cont’d Synthesis: Put parts together to create new meaning (create, relate, revise, compile, tell) Evaluation: Make judgments about the value of an idea (critique, defend, interpret, support)

11. Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation

12. Occam's razor. The simplest explanation is usually the right one.

13. Webb’s Depth of Knowledge

14. Constructing Effective Questions Step 1: Formulate the question and its purpose Step 2: Format the desired response and who will provide it Step 3: Wait Time Step 4: Scaffold the question so that students can answer Step 5: Decide where to go next

15. Instructional Practices to Increase Participation Hand Signals (Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down) Wipeboards Socratic Seminar Name Cards (playing cards/popsicle sticks) Other Great Ideas ??

16. Other Ways to Check for Understanding Writing Projects Performances Common Summative Assessments Common Formative Assessments