Content Complexity Ratings

Content Complexity Ratings (Primary Topic)



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This professional development module provides an overview of content complexity and the depth of knowledge (DOK) content complexity ratings system used by Florida to rate the Florida Standards.

General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics, English Language Arts Grade Level(s): K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Primary Topic: Content Complexity Ratings Topic(s): Content Complexity Ratings
Estimated Time to Complete a Program: 50 Minutes
Keywords: cognitive complexity, content, complexity, depth of knowledge, norman webb, cpalms, icpalms Type(s): PD Courses, PD Courses, Tutorials, Tutorials

Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to: 
  • define content complexity; 
  • understand the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) model of content complexity; 
  • relate a standard's DOK rating to expected student performance; 
  • and understand Florida's DOK rating process for Florida’s Standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts.

Included Modules

Content Complexity in the Florida Standards

Pre-Assessment

In this pre-training assessment, there are 10 items you will be learning about in the module. The results will help you to identify areas to focus on during the training and you will be able to see your growth by comparing these results to your performance on a similar post-training assessment. You will have only one opportunity to submit the correct answer for each item but you will be able to review your results at the end. Since this is a pre-assessment, you do not need to achieve a particular score. There is no time limit for taking this quiz.

Complexity Ratings

Content Complexity in the Florida Standards: This professional development module provides an overview of content complexity and the depth of knowledge (DOK) content complexity ratings system used by Florida to rate the Florida Standards as well as the state's Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

Post-Assessment

In this post-training assessment, there are 10 items related to the material in the module. The results will help you to identify how well you mastered the content from the training and how much your performance has improved since you took the pre-training assessment. You will have only two opportunities to complete the quiz. You are encouraged to use the re-try quiz option if you missed the target score of 80% on your first attempt. There is no time limit to complete this quiz and you will be given the chance to review your performance on each item at the end.

Estimated Time to Complete: 50 Minutes