The DOK wheel is a highly misleading graphic. It attributes verbs to the different levels of DOK. This graphic suggests that a verb can be used to determine the complexity of engagement required by an expectation or task.

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Does math class teach critical thinking?

It is DOK 1 (low critical thinking) to mimic steps and directions.

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How do we elevate a DOK 1 task to have more critical thinking?

Is the bonus question harder or more complex?

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What DOK level is this problem?

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Webb's Depth of Knowledge isn't a ladder where Level 1 is easy and Level 4 is hard. It measures the mental processing required to complete a task.

● Level 1: Recall

● Level 2: Skill/Concept

● Level 3: Strategic Thinking

● Level 4: Extended Thinking

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What is DOK 2

Want to foster deeper critical thinking? Ask students to organize information into categories they create. Increase the DOK level of the task with category sorting

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rectangle how many rectangles with an area of 12 can you make?

Instead of what is a rectangle with a length of 3 and a width of 4
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Try "How many rectangle with an area of 12 can you make?"
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If you expect students to get it right the first time it is at best DOK 1 or DOK 2. #ISTElive #DOKchat

If you expect students to get it right the first time it is at best DOK 1 or DOK 2. Try to plan for activities that require iteration, feedback, reflection.

DOK (Depth of Knowledge) is about the complexity of the students thinking.

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I DOK 4'd today... big fist pumps...

(Formula was adding 0+130.48+0 and coming up with 130 and showing the missing value as $0.48... hypothesis was a rounding issue but quadruple checked all the number styles were indeed 2 digit. )

0.00+130.48+0.00 fixed it

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NYT what is going on in this graph. Bar graph with 4 colors

Every week the NYT makes a resource for teachers to help students think critically and analyze a graphic.

What do you notice? What do you wonder? What is a headline you think this would be an article for?

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Critical Thinking: What is DOK 2? Critical thinking can be measured on a 4 point scale of Depth of Knowledge. What is DOK 2 and how is it different than DOK 1?

Critical Thinking is measured on a 4 point scale using Depth of Knowledge (DOK).
What is DOK 2?

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"- DOK depends on how students demonstrate and discuss their learning, not how the teacher delivers their instruction. " Erik Francis

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What is DOK 2

Critical thinking can be measured on a 4 point scale of Depth of Knowledge. What is DOK 2 and how is it different than DOK 1?

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It's important to note that DOK (critical thinking) focuses on the complexity of cognitive processes rather than the difficulty of tasks. Misinterpretations, such as associating specific verbs with DOK levels (e.g., the "DOK wheel"), can lead to misconceptions.

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Hi everyone! Is there a daily question with this chat, or is it an ongoing space to talk and share about DOK? #DOKchat

If you expect them to get it right the first time then it is not critical thinking.

DOK (Depth of Knowledge) has 4 levels.

DOK 1 and DOK 2 have a right answer.

My quick and dirty for DOK 3 is "Make a claim and justify it with evidence."

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Google Slides log with text note taking is DOK 0

Straight up copying is DOK 0.

Note taking CAN be higher level thinking but it requires summarizing, synthesizing, and making decisions.

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I'm using AI to help me align some tasks to DOK.... sigh. It's a little helpful but OFF.

DO NOT TRUST AI DOK RATINGS

You have to analyze the results and don't trust AI. It was trained on all the bad DOK materials out there.

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@maverikedu.bsky.social Okay now let's you and I get #DOKchat going!

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🔬 What DOK level is this?

🌱 Design an experiment to test the impact of acid rain on plant growth.

🧮 Solve this math problem to find out DOK: 12 / 3 + 4 - 6 + 2 - 1

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Straight up copying is DOK 0.

Note taking CAN be higher level thinking but it requires summarizing, synthesizing, and making decisions.

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Technology gives us access to basic information. This allows us to help them to go farther by increasing the critical thinking (DOK) of the tasks.

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Depth of Knowledge

DOK

How much

CRITICAL THINKING is the STUDENT doing?

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📜🔍 Diving into DOK:

📚 DOK (Depth of Knowledge) categorizes tasks by their required thinking complexity.

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🧠🔍 Delving into DOK:

📚 DOK (Depth of Knowledge) categorizes tasks by the complexity of thinking they demand.

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