President, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ACTION, Underhill, VT
Providing educators with research-based models for effective instruction and assessment, moving students towards greater engagement and deeper learning.
Just a Few Opportunities for Professional Learning
Applying DOK Using the Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix
Visit the DOK focus area to download 8 content-specific Hess CRMs and to view short video presentations by Dr. Hess.
In this workshop, we dispel misconceptions, unwrap standards, and design instruction and assessments that promote learning transfer. Or co-design a book study with Karin using her book, Applying DOK & Cognitive Rigor: An Educator's Guide to Supporting Deeper Learning.
Applying Rigor to Competency-Based or Project-Based Learning
Visit the page for focus area to download PBL and CBE strategies and tools.
This workshop can be designed for beginners or schools that want to deepen best practices of CBE and PBL. Or co-design a book study with Karin using one of her CBE books, Deeper Competency-Based Learning or Elevating Competency-Based Learning in a PLC at Work.
Designing "Actionable" and Rigorous Formative and Performance-Based Assessments
Visit the assessment focus area to download a few of Karin's PLC Tools for developing and using peer feedback to analyze assessment tasks and rubrics or to view examples of performance assessments.
What makes formative and summative assessments "actionable"? That is the starting point for implementing 5 research-based teacher moves that deepen engagement and learning.
Or co-design a book study with Karin using her book, Rigor by Design, Not Chance: Deeper Thinking Through Actionable Instruction and Assessment
Learning Progressions: What They Are and How to Use Them
Visit this focus area to download content-specific learning progressions, short articles, or to view short videos of using learning progressions in the classroom.
Co-design a book study or workshop with Karin using her book, A Local Assessment Toolkit to Promote Deeper Learning: Transforming Research into Practice