Cognitive Taxonomy and DOK Levels

Direct Instruction Lesson

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level.
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Creating
Evaluating
Analyzing
Appling
Through direct discussion and questions students will be able to identify ten facts
about money to put into their own journals. Students demonstrate their
Understanding
knowledge of money and they will be assessed on their knowledge based on how
they completed the assignment.
Students will list ten facts about money. To obtain this knowledge posters,
Remembering pictures, a video, will be used for instructional purposes. This will help students
strengthen real-world skills.

Concept Attainment Lesson

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Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
I used a concept attainment lesson for this standard because the students are
understanding, summarizing, and demonstrating the new concept of coins.
Comprehension
Students will look at the examples, non-examples, and mixed examples and then
will summarize their own definition of a coin.
Students are gaining more information on coins, including how we use the
Knowledge
quarter, how it helps us survive, and how it looks.

Generalization Lesson
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 Students in the lesson will also collect the information on old and new
money and construct meaning from it. They will develop a generalization
and then support their generalization within a class discussion. Students
Evaluation
are demonstrating a higher level of thinking as they are integrating all of
their knowledge and developing a generalization that can be true for all
money.
Students in this lesson will evaluate and compare the information they
Synthesis have learned about old money and new money to make a generalization or
come to a conclusion about money in general.
Students are making a conclusion about the information that they
Analysis explained about old money and new money. This leads to their high level
of thinking when they make a generalization about all money.
Students are applying their previous knowledge on the subject of money
Application
and interpreting the information to lead to a higher level of thinking.
Students are comparing the information on old money and new money
Comprehension
and identifying what is similar and different between the two of them.
Students are asked to identify what they know about old money and new
Knowledge money in this lesson. This is information that they need to recall from
pervious lessons.

Inquiry Lesson
Cog. Taxonomy/DOK Levels
Students in the lesson will also collect the information on old and new money and
Evaluation:
construct meaning from it. They will develop a generalization and then support their
generalization within a class discussion. Students are demonstrating a higher level of thinking
as they are integrating all of their knowledge and developing a generalization that can be true
for all money.
Synthesis: Students in this lesson will evaluate and compare the information they have learned
about old money and new money to make a generalization or come to a conclusion about
money in general.
Analysis: Students are making a conclusion about the information that they explained about old
money and new money. This leads to their high level of thinking when they make a
generalization about all money.
Application: Students are applying their previous knowledge on the subject of money and
interpreting the information to lead to a higher level of thinking.
Comprehension: Students are comparing the information on old money and new money and
identifying what is similar and different between the two of them.
Knowledge: Students are asked to identify what they know about old money and new money in
this lesson. This is information that they need to recall from pervious lessons.
 Level 1: Recall – identify, illustrate, report, define
 Level 2: Skill/Concept: Collect and display, organize, construct
 Level 3: Strategic Thinking: investigate, cite evidence
Vocabulary and Handwriting Lesson
Cog. Taxonomy/DOK Levels
Students in the lesson will also collect the information on old and new money and
Evaluation:
construct meaning from it. They will develop a generalization and then support their
generalization within a class discussion. Students are demonstrating a higher level of thinking
as they are integrating all of their knowledge and developing a generalization that can be true
for all money.
Synthesis: Students in this lesson will evaluate and compare the information they have learned
about old money and new money to make a generalization or come to a conclusion about
money in general.
Analysis: Students are making a conclusion about the information that they explained about old
money and new money. This leads to their high level of thinking when they make a
generalization about all money.
Application: Students are applying their previous knowledge on the subject of money and
interpreting the information to lead to a higher level of thinking.
Comprehension: Students are comparing the information on old money and new money and
identifying what is similar and different between the two of them.
Knowledge: Students are asked to identify what they know about old money and new money in
this lesson. This is information that they need to recall from pervious lessons.
 Level 1: Recall – identify, illustrate, report, define
 Level 2: Skill/Concept: Collect and display, organize, construct
 Level 3: Strategic Thinking: investigate, cite evidence

Listening/Talk Lesson
Cog. Taxonomy/DOK Levels
Students in the lesson will also collect the information on old and new money and
Evaluation:
construct meaning from it. They will develop a generalization and then support their
generalization within a class discussion. Students are demonstrating a higher level of thinking
as they are integrating all of their knowledge and developing a generalization that can be true
for all money.
Synthesis: Students in this lesson will evaluate and compare the information they have learned
about old money and new money to make a generalization or come to a conclusion about
money in general.
Analysis: Students are making a conclusion about the information that they explained about old
money and new money. This leads to their high level of thinking when they make a
generalization about all money.
Application: Students are applying their previous knowledge on the subject of money and
interpreting the information to lead to a higher level of thinking.
Comprehension: Students are comparing the information on old money and new money and
identifying what is similar and different between the two of them.
Knowledge: Students are asked to identify what they know about old money and new money in
this lesson. This is information that they need to recall from pervious lessons.
 Level 1: Recall – identify, illustrate, report, define
  Level 2: Skill/Concept: Collect and display, organize, construct
 Level 3: Strategic Thinking: investigate, cite evidence

Tales of American Money

Cog. Taxonomy/DOK Levels
Students in the lesson will also collect the information on old and new money and
Evaluation:
construct meaning from it. They will develop a generalization and then support their
generalization within a class discussion. Students are demonstrating a higher level of thinking
as they are integrating all of their knowledge and developing a generalization that can be true
for all money.
Synthesis: Students in this lesson will evaluate and compare the information they have learned
about old money and new money to make a generalization or come to a conclusion about
money in general.
Analysis: Students are making a conclusion about the information that they explained about old
money and new money. This leads to their high level of thinking when they make a
generalization about all money.
Application: Students are applying their previous knowledge on the subject of money and
interpreting the information to lead to a higher level of thinking.
Comprehension: Students are comparing the information on old money and new money and
identifying what is similar and different between the two of them.
Knowledge: Students are asked to identify what they know about old money and new money in
this lesson. This is information that they need to recall from pervious lessons.
 Level 1: Recall – identify, illustrate, report, define
 Level 2: Skill/Concept: Collect and display, organize, construct
 Level 3: Strategic Thinking: investigate, cite evidence