Then, students will apply the kaplan model as a means of gaining greater depth and complexity to the text through creating a complexity and depth pamphlet. Sandra kaplan coined the term depth and complexity icons. Prompts of depth and complexity and content imperatives. Sandra kaplan of usc for teachers to differentiate teaching of gifted students. Depth and complexity and content imperatives envision gifted. The pages are open enough to work with any book or story even movies or plays. Understanding depth of knowledge and cognitive complexity. Without a doubt, the biggest problem i now see in my own, early implementation of depth and complexity was this. This kit comes with everything you need to provide your students with a thoughtprovoking. Perfect for gifted or talented students or students in need of enrichment activities. These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking.
Click on the links below for detailed information on each of the 9 resources that are included in. Depth and complexity literature circles teacher thrive. Adapted from flip book, too, sandra kaplan and bette gould and content imperative cards. Environmental education resources to commemorate earth days 50th anniversary. Encourages students to approach content by thinking like a disciplinarian. Click on the links above for detailed information on each of the 9 resources that are included in this bundle. Use this thinking cube as a way to explore a topic using sandra kaplan s model of depth and complexity. Winebrenner 2001 in her book, teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom, encourages teachers to recognize that students are at different levels in their learning and need constant opportunities to work at those various. The critical thinking tools introduced here were developed by dr. The del paso manor rapid learner program differentiates its curriculum in multiple ways, but one method we strongly rely upon is the use of the prompts of depth and complexity. Find board books, big books, cloth and vinyl books, and chapter books to build your classroom library as well as book and puppet sets to entertain and bring stories to life. These icons for universal concepts of depth, complexity, and context were developed by dr. But there are other ways to move students into higher level thinking.
Facilitating the understanding of depth and complexity. J taylor education depth and complexity resources and. Take the time to write one sentence about how you will explain the difference between depth and complexity. The final card shows all 5 of the imperatives plus 5 that are combined with a dimension of depth and complexity. Be sure to click on the menu items at the top of the page to find suggestions on how to use depth and complexity for math, language arts, and more. Based on the work of sandra kaplan, clinical professor in learning and instruction at the university of southern californias rossier school of education, the dimensions are as follows. Depth and complexity in mathematics differentiation gifted and talented to reach katie and hannah and my higher end students differentiating math for gifted learners envision gifted. For kaplan 2001, depth is a deep understanding of the content of the field of study.
These critical thinking tools help students dig deeper into a concept depth. Rapid learner program prompts of depth and complexity. In a previous module, i exposed you to icons for depth and complexity. Kaplan offers a wide selection of childrens books including factual books, fantasy books, and books about people of different races, cultures, ages, and abilities. Heres a page describing the depth and complexity icons. Tools jargon icons acronyms special phrases terms slang abbreviations details what are the defining features or characteristics. Asking questions using icons for depth and complexity educ. Find depth and complexity lesson plans and teaching resources.
Through her work, eleven icons were created to represent elements that generate a deeper, more complex thought process. Students will first read a text of their choice and at their lexile level independently. This time, lets examine the traditional fiveact dramatic structure through the modern classic, finding nemo. By utilizing the prompts, we are able to activate higher levels of knowing and allow students to gain expertise in the topics we study.
Depth and complexity 4 final houston independent school. This video explains the eleven icons that are a part of sandra kaplans depth and complexity model. This mega bundle contains 9 of my best selling resources that are designed to elicit critical thinking. This chart identifies key questions, thinking skills, and dimensions of depth and complexity. The depth and complexity icons are visual prompts designed to help students go beyond surface level understanding of a concept and enhance their ability to think critically. Differentiating math for gifted learners envision gifted. Complexity icons help kids think about the bigger picture. Jan 31, 2018 marcie griffiths site offers many ideas and examples for using the depth and complexity icons developed by dr. When gate gifted and talented education funding was available, we had a trainer come in during several summers for twoday training. It includes powerpoints that explain the icons, pdfs of frames and task cards, and posters. Provide students with tiered assignments, tiered lessons, and independent projects to. Department of educations office of educational research and improvement.
Understanding depth and complexity the critical thinking tools introduced here were developed by dr. Sandra kaplan facilitating the understanding of depth and complexity facilitating the understanding of depth and complexity note to the teacher. Both a color and black and white files are provided. Students may roll the cube in cooperative learning to facilitate team discussion or journal reflection on a topic. I have also created an app for the iphone or ipad that can be downloaded for free.
Nov, 2015 once you introduce kids to the depth icons, you can move into complexity. Childrens books for teachers kaplan early learning. Depth and complexity literary response booklet quantity. Perfect for gifted or talented students or students in need of. Incorporate depth and complexity into your next novel study. Developed by bette gould and sandra kaplan, the depth and complexity. Depth and complexity critical thinking mega bundle. This resource was created based on the depth and complexity framework, which was created by dr. Ideas presented here are also adapted from flip book, too dr. Kaplans depth and complexity tools depth and complexity tools were developed by professor sandra kaplan following extensive research into what types of knowledge distinguished experts in a field of study from those with only a surface level of knowledge.
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these critical thinking task cards for literature. Icons depth, complexity, context kaplan universal concepts. Hello kristen, yes, we use the sandra kaplan depth and complexity materials in our district. Were continuing our unit about patterns in writing. Depth and complexity literature circlebook club pages tinas. Take your students learning to new depths with this critical thinking literary response booklet. Jan 24, 20 if you are familiar with sandra kaplans icons for depth and complexity, and try to use them in your classroom, you may like this treasure trove of resources from mrs. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company. Once you introduce kids to all the icons, you can mix them together to add rigor and thoughtfulness.
One model for classifying thinking into cognitive levels of complexity is blooms taxonomy. Depth and complexity icon chart bloughs bloga lifelong. Language of the discipline and across the disciplines from byrdseed tv. Depth and complexity tools were developed by professor sandra kaplan following extensive research into what types of knowledge distinguished experts in a. Scholarly behavior teaching with depth and complexity. This blog is going to be about all aspects of teaching, but especially the icons, classroom management, and organization. Introduction to the prompts of depth and complexity project linking learning dr. Im a big fan of kaplan and goulds icons of depth and complexity, and try to work them into my teaching as much as possible. Understanding depth and complexity envision gifted. Resources for purchase, new zealand centre for gifted education. Sandra kaplan, usc under the auspices of oeri, javits curriculum project t. Sandra kaplan, rossier school of education, usc, began working with funding from a federal javits grant entitled curriculum t.
Jun 15, 2011 these icons for universal concepts of depth, complexity, and context were developed by dr. Introduction to the prompts of depth and complexity project. Bette gould and sandra kaplan looked to understand how an expert. Why i love depth and complexity and you should, too gifted guru. Created by kaplan and gould at the university of california in 1986, this questioning technique is a strategy often used with students who are gifted and talented. This resource was created based on the depth and complexity framework, which was developed by dr. Depth and complexity literary response booklet teacher.
Big ideas, rules, trends, patterns, language of the discipline, ethics, relatio. The following kaplan model is applied to literature reflection exercise. Depth and complexity book clubs tinas teaching treasures. Introduction to the prompts of depth and complexity. This choice board features sandra kaplans depth and complexity icons to. Sandra kaplan 2001, associate professor of learning and instruction at the university of southern california, suggests that teachers guide gifted students into greater depth and complexity by implementing the following dimensions of depth and complexity. Tons of depth and complexity examples that you can start using tomorrow, no, today. I also made a depth and complexity pdf as part of the depth and complexity book im writing with lisa van gemert. Depth and complexity in mathematics 8 specific thinking tools that work toward greater depth, 3 that work toward complexity icons and descriptions.
Depth and complexity images used with permission from j taylor education and based on work by sandra kaplan and bette gould. The depth and complexity icons are visual prompts designed to. This mega bundle contains 8 of my best selling resources that are designed to elicit critical thinking. Depth and complexity literary response booklet teacher thrive. Dec 01, 2010 introduction to the prompts of depth and complexity project linking learning dr. Department of educations office of educational research and. Nov 03, 2012 this video explains the eleven icons that are a part of sandra kaplan s depth and complexity model.
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