White Paper: Driving Standards Development with Cognitive Rigor 3-D

by John R. Walkup, Ph.D.

In a white paper titled "Driving Standards Development with Cognitive Rigor 3-D", I introduce Cognitive Rigor 3-D, which incorporates the Knowledge Dimension of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy as a third dimension to the existing two-component Cognitive Rigor model.

The result produces three matrices:

1. Cognitive Rigor Matrix (also called the Hess Matrix)
2. Anderson-Krathwohl Matrix (from the seminal book on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy)
3. KD/DK Matrix

The third matrix listed was introduced in another blog article. I will ponder its future utility later.

I then discuss in the white paper how Cognitive Rigor 3-D can potentially play an important role in new standards development.

Finally, I open the possibility for students and parents to play important roles in standards development, even allowing individual schools and school districts to create their own standards based on state-adopted models.

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Seeking training at your school or district centered on Cognitive Rigor or Depth of Knowledge?  Call me at (559) 903-4014 or email me at jwalkup@standardsco.com. 

We will discuss ways in which I can help your teachers boost student engagement and deep thinking in their classrooms. I offer workshops, follow-up classroom observation/coaching, and curriculum analysis to anywhere in the country (and even internationally).

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