TKES: DOK

Depth of knowledge verbs that are helpful:

• Analyze: Break material into its constituent parts and determine how the parts relate to one another and to an overall structure or purpose.
• Compare: Identify and describe points of similarity.
• Contrast: Bring out the points of difference.
• Critique: Detect consistencies and inconsistencies between a product and relevant external criteria; detect the appropriateness of a procedure or for a given problem.
• Evaluate: Make judgments based on criteria and standards; determine the significance, value, quality, or relevance of; give the good points and the bad ones; identify and describe advantages and limitations.

(Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement, Inc.)

Updated advice for new visitors

There is a significant amount of hands-on advice in earlier post that I have written in this blog. I recommend that if you are new to this blog, you take a few moments to read some of the earlier posts from 2014.  Many people have viewed the blogs related to: 

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