1. The Rigor and Relevance Framework: A lesson
The Quadrants Meet Neuroscience
Linda L. Jordan
Senior Consultant, ICLE

2. The Rigor and Relevance Framework
Agenda
The 4 Quadrants
Welcome
The Rigor and Relevance Framework
Closing
Experiencing a Lesson

3. Holland
Holland

4. Meet My Family

5. My Credentials SENIOR CONSULTANT Successful Practices Network
International Center for Leadership in Education
Associate Professor
Hope College
Doctoral Candidate
Co-Director

6. Why do we need to get to know the teacher? (Linda)
Emotion is the gatekeeper to learning
Relationship is a key element in every classroom
Builds trust
Find common threads of interest
Fun

7. All We Have In Common
With the people sitting near you form a group of 3-5
Create a list of at least three things you have in common.
Be ready to share some items from you list with the group.

8. Your Brain

9. Goals for the Session My Goals: Your Goals:
~Give you some applications of
brain information to your career,
your students’ lives, and the RR
Framework.
~Build an understanding of the
RR Framework for application
to your life.

10. Rigor/Relevance Framework®

11. Students think in complex ways and apply acquired knowledge and skills, even when confronted with perplexing unknowns, to find creative solutions and take action that further develops their skills and knowledge.
Evaluation D
Adaptation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application 3
Apply knowledge across disciplines 4
Apply to real- world predictable situation 5
Apply to real-world unpredictable situation

12. D Quadrant Verbs Products evaluation newspaper estimation trial
editorial
radio program
play
collage
machine
adaptation
poem
debate
new game
invention
evaluate
validate
justify
rate
referee
infer
rank
dramatize
argue
conclude

13. Lobes of the Brain

14. Frontal Lobes – Executive Functions
Controls voluntary movement, verbal expression, problem solving, willpower, and mood.
This is how we are consciously aware of our thoughts and actions.
Not fully mature until mid to late 20s.

15. Rigor/Relevance Framework®

16. Students extend and refine their knowledge so that they can use it automatically and routinely to analyze and solve problems and create solutions.
Evaluation
Synthesis C
Assimilation
Analysis
Application 1
Knowledge in one discipline 2
Apply knowledge in one discipline

17. C Quadrant Verbs Products sequence annotate examine report criticize
paraphrase
calculate
expand
summarize
classify
diagram
essay
abstract
blueprint
inventory
report
plan
chart
questionnaire
classification
diagram
discussion
collection
annotation

18. Hippocampus
It helps us remember events in recent past, as well as being responsible for sending new information and experiences to be stored in the cortex in long-term memory.
Critical to learning and memory formation.

19. Rigor/Relevance Framework®

20. Students use acquired knowledge to solve problems, design solutions, and complete work.
Application
Comprehension B
Application
Awareness 3
Apply knowledge across disciplines 4
Apply to real-world predictable situation 5
Apply to real- world unpredictable situation

21. B Quadrant Verbs Products apply sequence demonstrate interview
construct
solve
calculate
dramatize
interpret
illustrate
scrapbook
summary
interpretation
collection
annotation
explanation
solution
demonstration
outline

22. Synaptic Connection
The axon of one neuron communicates with the dendrite of another neuron by releasing neurotransmitters into the synaptic gap.
Some say this is the learning point! And there are millions of them.

23. Rigor/Relevance Framework®

24. Application 3 Comprehension 2 Awareness 1 1 2
Students gather and store bits of knowledge/information and are expected to remember or understand this acquired knowledge.
Application A
Acquisition
Comprehension
Awareness 1
Knowledge in one discipline 2
Apply knowledge in one discipline

25. A Quadrant Verbs Products name definition label worksheet define list
select
identify
list
memorize
recite
locate
record
definition
worksheet
list
quiz
test
workbook
true-false
reproduction
recitation

26. The Neuronal Structure
The brain is made up of two types of cells: Glia and Neurons.
When fully developed, the human brain’s 100 trillion neuronal connections exceed those of any other creature on earth.

27. Rigor/Relevance Framework®
Synapse
Frontal Lobe
Neuron
Hippocampus

28. Rigor & Relevance Essential Questions...
What will my instructional lessons and assessments look like?
How will I link standards with student learning?

29. Try it Out! Create a Lesson using the 4 Quadrants
Draw a box with the 4 Quadrants
Label each quadrant: a, b, c, d
As you watch the video record:
standards
skills
topics
you could teach using your curriculum.
Try to record something in all 4 quadrants.

30. Example C D A B

31. The Brain

32. Reflection
What do you know about the RR Framework that you did not know at the beginning of this session?
What do you know about the brain that you did not know at the beginning of this session?
How will you transfer this knowledge to your own practice?

33. Linda L. Jordan
ICLE