Dr. Karin Hess

Applying Cognitive Rigor to Project-Based Learning

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Excerpts from A Local Assessment Toolkit to Promote Deeper Learning

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1. Performance Task Development - Hess PLC Tool #20: Use this planning tool to collaboratively design projects or performance tasks

2. Rubric Development - Hess PLC Tool #11 - Use to collaboratively design or give feedback on rubrics

3. Performance Task Validation - Hess PLC Tool #9A - Use to analyze and validate a project design or performance task

4. KID TOOL: Collaborative Inquiry Planning Students use to analyze and plan how they will complete a complex task

5. KID TOOL: PBL Activity Log - use as an alternative to a calendar; co-develop with students at first

6. BEST Toolkit - Self-Direction Rubrics K-12 Students can use these rubrics to guide PBL goal setting and self-reflection activities

 

PBL Resources and Examples

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• PBL Works: Sample PBL Projects (K-12)

• PBL videos: Choose from a variety of short informative videos on PBL

 

Building Competency-Based Systems & CB Assessments

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Excerpts from Deeper Competency-Based Learning: Making Equitable, Student-Centered, Sustainable Shifts

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1. Competency-Based Systems - Overview of Major CBE Shifts 

2. Competency-Based Systems - Sample Holistic Proficiency Scale for grading and reporting

3. Competency-based Systems - CBE Tool #3: Self-Evaluation Rubric for Competency Statements

4. Competency-Based Systems - CBE Tool#4: Developing Competencies Across Grades (NOTE: NH's Model Competencies used this tool during development)

5. Competency-Based Systems - CBE Tool#5: Analyzing a Competency (ELA example with development steps. Then use "I can..." statements to create a performance scale for each competency.)

6. Competency-based Systems - CBE Tool #6: Performance Scale Development Development Template

7.  Strategy Example: (Chapter 4 excerpt) Pacing strategies for personalizing on-line learning

8.  Strategy Example: (Chapter 3 excerpt) Rhetorical Analysis Options across Content Areas

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