Facilitating The Understanding Of Depth And Complexity Chart
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4Facilitating the Understanding of DEPTH and COMPLEXITY
Note to the teacher: This chart identifies key questions, thinking skills, and dimensions of DEPTH or COMPLEXITY.
• Key questions can be used in the context of lesson plans to probe understanding and to prompt students during discussions.
• The thinking skills can be used to initiate the type of cognitive operation or thinking that could best prompt each of the
dimensions of DEPTH or COMPLEXITY.
• The resources listed are the most logical references in which to locate the type of information required by each of the dimensions
of DEPTH or COMPLEXITY. Teachers may add to any of thee lists as appropriate.
ICONS
PROMPT
KEY QUESTIONS
THINKING SKILLS
RESOURCES
• Categorize
What terms or words are specific to the
Texts
• Identify
LANGUAGE OF
work of the ________________?
Biographies
THE
(disciplinarian)
DISCIPLINES
What tools does the ___________ use?
(disciplinarian)
• Identify traits
What are its attributes?
Pictures
• Describe
What features characterize this?
Diaries or
• Differentiate
DETAILS
What specific elements define this?
journals
• Compare/contrast
What distinguishes this from other things?
Poetry
• Prove with evidence
• Observe
• Determine relevant
What are the reoccurring events?
Time lines
What elements, events, ideas, are repeated
Other
vs. irrelevant
• Summarize
PATTERNS
over time?
chronological
• Make analogies
What was the order of events?
lists
• Discriminate between
How can we predict what will come next?
same and different
• Relate
Source: 10/29/97 by Dr. Sandra Kaplan. Used with permission.
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