Get Students Thinking Students must INTERACT with the text, not just passively read and answer questions.
{"Image DocumentName": "Get Students ThinkingStudents must INTERACT with the text, not just passively read and answer questions.", "Image ImageDescription": "Are QUESTIONS you ask fact based/simple recall, or do they advance up Revised Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy to get students thinking at higher levels? (See Revised Blooms HO) Are your student tasks useful, authentic, and rigorous? Are they tasks experts in your field do on a regular basis? (4MAT \u2013 Quadrant Three - How: Learners actively practice, make choices, explore, manipulate, and experiment. Practice (3L): Practicing what is learned, Trying out something new, and manipulate materials. Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy plays an important part of the Common Core State Standards. The Revised Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy follows on the next slide. A good web link for Revised Bloom resources is  The CCSS authors and assessment creators make it very clear that students are expected to think critically, cite evidence, evaluate and complete performance tasks that combine several standards in one. It is important to think about the questions we ask, the questions we want our students to ask, and the tasks we ask them to complete. Handout the Revised Bloom Question. Project reference sheet. We are moving into a time where fill-in-the-blank worksheets and fact-based questions at the end of the chapter are tasks of the past, with homework, assessments and grading moving to the forefront. Standards-based grading and standards-based IEP\u2019s are being discussed in schools throughout the state. Are those conversations happening at your school? (Facilitate a brief group discussion).", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}