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Preventing Rigor Mortis: Cultivating a Culture of Rigor Brent Maddin Provost, Relay Graduate School of Education What Works in Urban Schools January 21, 2012 NYU Kimmel Center www.whatworksined.org
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Preventing Rigor Mortis:

Cultivating a Culture of Rigor

Brent Maddin Provost, Relay Graduate School of Education

What Works in Urban Schools January 21, 2012

NYU Kimmel Center www.whatworksined.org

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©  2012.  Relay  Graduate  School  of  Education.  All  rights  reserved.   [email protected]   Page    1    

Preventing  Rigor  Mortis:  Cultivating  a  Culture  of  Rigor1    Interactive  Handout  

 PLEASE  DO  NOW    

Imagine  the  most  rigorous  task  you  have  ever  assigned  your  students.  What  was  that  task?            What  ultra-­‐specific,  concrete  steps  did  you  take  to  ready  your  students  for  such  a  challenging  task?                                    

SESSION  OBJECTIVES:    

AY’AWBAT  define  academic  rigor  using  Doyle’s  framework       AY’AWBAT  incorporate  2  ultra-­‐specific,  concrete  strategies  to  cultivate  a  rigorous  

classroom  culture  into  an  upcoming  lesson  or  unit  plan    

SESSION  AGENDA:  • Opening  • Doyle’s  Framework  • Effort  vs.  Intelligence  • Normalizing  Error  • Scaffolding  • Theory  to  Practice  • Closing    

 

                                                                                                               1  This  presentation  is  built  on  the  shoulders  and  wisdom  of  some  educational  giants.    Huge  thanks  and  credit  are  due  to  the  following  individuals:    Carol  Dweck,  Mayme  Hostetter,  Doug  Lemov,  Dave  Levin,  Jon  Saphier  and  all  of  the  teachers  featured  in  today’s  clips.  

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Preventing  Rigor  Mortis:  Cultivating  a  Culture  of  Rigor    

 

©  2012.  Relay  Graduate  School  of  Education.  All  rights  reserved.   [email protected]   Page    2                                                              

FRAMEWORK  FOR  EVALUATING  ACADEMIC  RIGOR2      

 ______________________:  the  stringency  of  the  evaluative  criteria  and  the  likelihood  that  the  criteria  can  be  met.      

 ______________________:  extent  to  which  a  precise  answer  can  be  defined  in  advance  or  a  precise  formula  for  generating  an  answer  is  available.    

MS/HS  Science  

   

ES  Math  

   

                                                                                                                     2  Doyle,  W.  (1983).  Academic  work.  Review  of  Educational  Research,  53(2),  159-­‐199.  

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Preventing  Rigor  Mortis:  Cultivating  a  Culture  of  Rigor    

 

©  2012.  Relay  Graduate  School  of  Education.  All  rights  reserved.   [email protected]   Page    3                                                              

EFFORT  V.  INTELLIGENCE3      How  can  we  communicate  to  students  that  what  we  are  doing  is  important,  that  

they  can  do  it,  and  that  we  won’t  give  up  on  them?        “Fixed”  and  “Malleable”  Theories  of  Intelligence:      

  “Malleable”  or  “Incremental”  Theory  of  

Intelligence:    

• Intelligence  is  malleable  trait  

• Intelligence  can  be  cultivated  through  

hard  work  and  determination    

• Everyone,  with  effort  and  guidance,  

can  increase  their  intelligence    

Effort  v.  Intelligence:  Strategy  #1  –  Show  Kids  How  Much  They’ve  Learned    

 

Clip  1:  Visual  Tracker    

 

 

 

 

Clip  2:  Achievement  Wall  

 

 

 

 

Clip  3:  Goal  Folders    

 

 

                                                                                                                 3  Adapted  from  Jon  Saphier’s  Skillful  Teacher  and  Carol  Dweck’s  Mindset.    

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Preventing  Rigor  Mortis:  Cultivating  a  Culture  of  Rigor    

 

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Instead  of  just  “WORK  HARD.  GET  SMART!”…    

“WORK  HARD.  _________________.    GET  SMART.”      

Effort  v.  Intelligence:  Strategy  #2—Explicity  Teach  Effective  Effort  Effective  effort  means  working  hard  and  using  learning  strategies  to  “get  smarter”  at  important  knowledge  and  skills.      

Element  of  Effective  Effort   Example   Notes  

Time   Include  time-­‐stamps  on  homework  handouts  

     

Focus  Model  what  focusing  at  home  looks  like  and  

discuss  what  “homework  time”  looks  like  

     

Resourcefulness  Teach  kids  how  to  use  their  class  notes  and  

positively  reinforce  calling  for  help  

     

Use  of  Feedback  Teach  kids  how  to  

integrate  your  feedback  and  how  to  self-­‐assess  on  

a  rubric  

     

Commitment  Have  students  self-­‐reflect  on  their  approach  to  a  hard  assignment  or  test  

     

Persistence  Have  students  self-­‐reflect  about  frustrations  or  

confusions  

     

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Preventing  Rigor  Mortis:  Cultivating  a  Culture  of  Rigor    

 

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NORMALIZING  ERROR      

Example   Notes  /  Thoughts  /  Musings  

Clip  1:  Joe  Values  Process  AND  Product  

         

Students  Evaluate  “Wrong”  Answers  

         

Clip  2:  Frank’s  Choice  of  Medium  

         

 

         

 

         

 

         

 

         

 

         

 

         

 

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Preventing  Rigor  Mortis:  Cultivating  a  Culture  of  Rigor    

 

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SCAFFOLD  LEARNING      

Example   Notes  /  Thoughts  /  Musings  

Scaffold  Toward  Rigor  (Brent’s  Non-­‐Example)  

         

Make  Scaffolding  Visible  to  Students  

         

“Hint  Cards”  

         

 

         

 

         

 

         

 

         

 

         

 

         

 

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Preventing  Rigor  Mortis:  Cultivating  a  Culture  of  Rigor    

 

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MAKE  A  COMMITTEMENT  Circle  one  of  the  areas  of  focus  below  and  craft  your  ultra-­‐specific  plan  for  cultivating  a  culture  of  rigor  in  your  classroom.  What  will  you  start  doing?  What  will  you  stop  doing?    

 Effort  vs.  Intelligence   Normalizing  Error   Scaffolding  

   

Start  Doing   Stop  Doing      

                                                                       

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 Start  Doing   Stop  Doing  

                                                                                     

 

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Preventing  Rigor  Mortis:  Cultivating  a  Culture  of  Rigor    

 

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Exit  Ticket    My  area  of  focus  for  increasing  academic  rigor  is:    

Effort  vs.  Intelligence   Normalizing  Error   Scaffolding      TWO  concrete  ideas/strategies  from  this  session  that  I’m  planning  on  using  are:                  The  idea  from  this  session  that  I’m  still  most  confused  about  is:                  As  a  presenter,  what  did  Brent  do  well?   As  a  presenter,  what  should  Brent  start  

doing/stop  doing  to  make  this  session  better?                                

 

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