Depth of knowledge dok categorizes tasks according to the complexity of thinking required to successfully complete them. Depth of knowledge dok flip book northeast missouri regional. Webb, wisconsin center for educational research depthofknowledge levels. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Webbs depth of knowledge dok depth of knowledge or dok is another type of framework used to identify the level of rigor for an assessment. Webbs depth of knowledge guide albuquerque public schools. The examples herein are drawn from several classroomtested dok tools.
Theres a citation at the bottom of the dok wheel graphic that references the developer of depth of knowledge, norman webb along with a. This body of work offers the depth of knowledge dok model employed to analyze the cognitive expectation demanded by standards, curricular activities and assessment tasks webb, 1997. Norman webbs depthofknowledge dok schema has become one of the key tools educators can employ to analyze the cognitive demand complexity intended by the standards, curricular activities, and assessment tasks. A guide for using webbs depth of knowledge with common. Do we use blooms taxonomy or dok with our students or can both work together. The depth of knowledge dok was developedin 1997 by norman webb, a research scientist from the wisconsin center for education research,toanalyze how deep students thinkto answerquestionsand complete activities. The concept of depth of knowledge that is addressed in the college and career ready standards was developed by norman webb 1997. One useful tool, norman webbs depth of knowledge levels, can help teachers meet that challenge. Norman webbs research on assessment of students knowledge of mathematics and the alignment of standards and assessments. Depth of knowledge dok flip book northeast missouri. Dok and bloom for math and science dok and bloom for ela dok refers to cognitive complexity.
About 40 years after blooms taxonomy became known, a refinement of bloom s taxonomy called webbs depth of knowledge was developed 1997. Norman webb developed the dok to categorize activities according to the level of complexity in thinking. A guide for using webbs depth of knowledge with common core. Webbs depth of knowledge by david christopher on prezi. Based on a 1997 monograph, webbs depth of knowledge categorizes contexts prompts, scenarios and challenges into four levels. Recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot and setting. Using webbs depth of knowledge to increase rigor edutopia.
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