The Rigor and Relevance Framework: A lesson

The Quadrants Meet NeuroscienceLinda L. Jordan

Senior Consultant, ICLE

Agenda

The Rigor and

Relevance Framework

Welcome

Closing Experiencing a Lesson

The 4 Quadrants

•Holland

Meet My Family

My Credentials

•Associate Professor

•Hope College

•Doctoral Candidate

SENIOR CONSULTANT

•Successful Practices Network

•International Center for Leadership in Education

•Co-Director

Why do we need to get to know the teacher? (Linda)

• Emotion is the gatekeeper to learning

•Relationship is a key element in every classroom

• Builds trust• Find common threads of interest• Fun

All We Have In Common

• With the people sitting near you form a group of 3-5

• Create a list of at least three things you have in common.

• Be ready to share some items from you list with the group.

Your Brain

Goals for the Session

My Goals: Your Goals:~Give you some applications of brain information to your career,your students’ lives, and the RR Framework.~Build an understanding of theRR Framework for applicationto your life.

Rigor/Relevance Framework®

3Apply

knowledge across

disciplines

4Apply to real-

world predictable

situation

5Apply to real-

world unpredictable

situation

Application 3

Analysis 4

Synthesis 5

Evaluation 6 D

Adaptation

Students think in complex ways and apply acquired knowledge and skills, even when confronted with

perplexing unknowns, to find creative solutions and take action that further develops their skills and

knowledge.

D QuadrantD Quadrant

evaluatevalidatejustifyraterefereeinferrankdramatizeargueconclude

• evaluation• newspaper• estimation• trial• editorial• radio program• play• collage• machine• adaptation• poem• debate• new game• invention

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Lobes of the Brain

Frontal Lobes – Executive Functions

•Controls voluntary movement, verbal expression, problem solving, willpower, and mood.

•This is how we are consciously aware of our thoughts and actions.

•Not fully mature until mid to late 20s.

Rigor/Relevance Framework®

Application 3

Analysis 4

Synthesis 5

Evaluation 6

1Knowledge in one

discipline

2Apply

knowledge in one

discipline

C

Assimilation

Students extend and refine their knowledge so that they can use it

automatically and routinely to analyze and solve problems and create solutions.

C QuadrantC Quadrant

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Hippocampus

•It helps us remember events in recent past, as well as being responsible for sending new information and experiences to be stored in the cortex in long-term memory.

•Critical to learning and memory formation.

Rigor/Relevance Framework®

Awareness 1

Comprehension 2

Application 3

B

Application

3Apply

knowledge across

disciplines

4Apply to

real-world predictable situation

5Apply to real-world

unpredictable situation

Students use acquired knowledge to solve problems, design solutions, and complete

work.

B QuadrantB Quadrant1.apply

2.sequence

3.demonstrate

4.interview

5.construct

6.solve

7.calculate

8.dramatize

9.interpret

illustrate

• scrapbook• summary• interpretation• collection• annotation• explanation• solution• demonstration• outline

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Synaptic Connection

•The axon of one neuron communicates with the dendrite of another neuron by releasing neurotransmitters into the synaptic gap.

•Some say this is the learning point! And there are millions of them.

Rigor/Relevance Framework®

Awareness 1

Comprehension 2

Application 3

1Knowledge in one discipline

2Apply

knowledge in one

discipline

A

Acquisition

Students gather and store bits of knowledge/information and are expected to

remember or understand this acquired knowledge.

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A QuadrantA Quadrant

1.name

2.label

3.define

4.select

5.identify

6.list

7.memorize

8.recite

9.locate

record

• definition• worksheet• list• quiz• test• workbook• true-false• reproduction• recitation

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The Neuronal Structure

•The brain is made up of two types of cells: Glia and Neurons.

•When fully developed, the human brain’s 100 trillion neuronal connections exceed those of any other creature on earth.

Rigor/Relevance Framework®

Neuron Hippocampus

Synapse Frontal Lobe

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Rigor & RelevanceEssential Questions...

What will my instructional lessons and assessments look like?How will I link standards with student learning?

Try it Out!Create a Lesson using the 4 Quadrants1. Draw a box with the 4 Quadrants2. Label each quadrant: a, b, c, dAs you watch the video record: • standards• skills• topics you could teach using your curriculum. Try to record something in all 4

quadrants.

ExampleC D

A B

The Brain

Reflection

1. What do you know about the RR Framework that you did not know at the beginning of this session?

2. What do you know about the brain that you did not know at the beginning of this session?

3. How will you transfer this knowledge to your own practice?

Linda L. Jordan

ljordan145 @aol.com616-566-1998

ICLE 518-399-2776http://www.leadered.com/