Introduction to Depth of Knowledge

The Depth of Knowledge Wheel is not just something that you hand to teachers and say – “here go and make sure that you put some Depth of Knowledge in it.”  Rather it is a way of developing a lesson or activity that scaffolds the cognitive demand, and in turn the learning, to engage students in a higher cognitive level of thinking and application.

Here will find the Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) wheel.  Depth of Knowledge is not about verb choice. The level of thinking required is based on the design of the prompt/question.

 

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