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Understanding Proficiency

 

 

 

The following chart demonstrates how Depth of Knowledge and Self-Reflection exist within a Learning Cycle that centers on Proficiency Scales and Rubrics. 

 
 
 
Teachers

Webb's Depth of Knowledge (2005) is used to determine what level of rigor the learning is targeted

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Students

Webb's Depth of Knowledge is used to determine what level of rigor the learning is targeted. 

Understanding Proficiency Scales/Rubrics

 

Learning targets may be articulated as proficiency scales (i.e. learning progressions within a level) and assessed using multiple forms of assessment. At the very basic level, a proficiency scale is thinking about the content for an important topic in terms of three levels of difficulty.

Below is a template from Reinventing Schools, which gives the basic understanding of how proficiencies would be detailed for students.

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Understanding Depth of Knowledge

 

Levels of Complexity

 

Level 1 - Recall/Reproduction

Recall a fact, information, or procedure; process information on a low level

Level 2 - Skill/Concept

Use information or conceptual knowledge, two or more steps

Level 3 - Strategic Thinking

Requires reasoning, developing a plan or a sequence of steps, more than one reasonable approach

Level 4 - Extended Thinking

Requires connections and extensions, high cognitive demands and complex reasoning