The ASOT Reflection
Region 9 High Reliability Schools-November 2019
Gratitude
Design Area Spotlight: Knowledge Application
Let's take a look at the design area of Knowledge Application. Remember that in the instructional category of content, the design areas work as a lesson progression, moving from direct instruction to practicing and deepening and then knowledge application. Knowledge application is when available knowledge is used to make decisions and perform tasks through direction and routines. That's our goal for our students, and we should work to incorporate the elements within this design area to increase our students' abilities to use what they are learning.
Element 12: Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks
Engaging students in cognitively complex tasks utilizes these types of tasks in order to increase the level of thinking students are asked to do:
- experimental inquiry
- problem solving
- decision making
- investigation
- invention
- student-designed tasks
Take a look at some of the videos below for different types of activities that fit into this element.
Element 13: Providing Resources and Guidance
When asking students to complete knowledge application activities, it's important to help them be successful by providing resources and guidance. That can look like lots of things, including resources, informational handouts, research skills, interviews, circulating the room, informal assessment, feedback, and cognitive dissonance (sometimes called "playing devil's advocate").
Conferencing with Students
Research Skills
Element 14: Generating and Defending Claims
You've got questions...we've got answers!
If you have any questions for this section, please let us know by emailing Christy at christy.johnson@esc9.net.
How can I be more consistent?
Christy says...
- Plan ahead.
- Monitor and adjust.
- Reflect.
1. Plan Ahead
The first thing you have to do is set clear intentions for yourself in the areas you are seeking consistency. For example, if you want to be consistent with using exit tickets, you need to plan that as part of your lesson plan and create some type of system to remember when you want to use them. Or, if you are working on classroom management, identify your most difficult areas and focus on the routines or procedures for that particular misbehavior or difficult time.
2. Monitor and Adjust
Pay attention to the goals you set for yourself for the week. Refocus each day and keep track of your use of the plans you made. Adjust as needed based on each day's work.
3. Reflect
Take time at the end of the week to really reflect on how things went. Look back at the intentions you set for yourself. You might decide to journal your reflections each week. Take a look at the article below for some easy-to-use ideas to make reflection a habit.
Resource: R9 HRS Site
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