The Thinking Behind the Writing: Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Level 3 English Language Arts Social Studies Science Requires students to go beyond Explain, generalize, or Interpret information from a text. Requires students to complex graph (such as explain, generalize, and connect ideas, using determining features of the connect ideas. Involves supporting evidence graph or aggregating data in inferencing, prediction, from a text/source the graph) elaboration, and summary. Use reasoning, planning, Requires students to support Apply a concept in other and evidence positions using prior knowledge contexts and to manipulate themes Explain thinking (beyond a across the passages. Students Make and support simple explanation or develop compositions with inferences about only a word or two to multiple paragraphs. implied causes and respond) effects Examples: Justify a response Draw conclusions or Identify research questions Determine effect of author’s form alternative and design investigations purpose on text elements conclusions for a scientific problem Analyze how changes Summarize information Use concepts to solve from multiple sources have affected people or problems/more than places one possible answer Critically analyze literature Use concepts to solve Develop a scientific model Edit writing to produce problems for a complex situation logical progression Form conclusions from Analyze similarities and experimental or Compose focused, differences in issues or observational data organized, coherent, problems purposeful prose Complete a multi-step Propose and evaluate problem that involves solutions planning and reasoning Recognize and explain Provide an explanation of a misconceptions related to principle concepts Justify a response when more than one answer is possible Cite evidence and develop a logical argument for concepts Conduct a designed investigation Research and explain a scientific concept
The Thinking Behind the Writing: Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Level 3 English Language Arts Social Studies Science Requires students to go beyond text. Requires students to explain, generalize, and connect ideas. Involves inferencing, prediction, elaboration, and summary. Requires students to support positions using prior knowledge and to manipulate themes across the passages. Students develop compositions with multiple paragraphs. Examples: Determine effect of author’s purpose on text elements Summarize information from multiple sources Critically analyze literature Edit writing to produce logical progression Compose focused, organized, coherent, purposeful prose Explain, generalize, or connect ideas, using supporting evidence from a text/source Apply a concept in other contexts Make and support inferences about implied causes and effects Draw conclusions or form alternative conclusions Analyze how changes have affected people or places Use concepts to solve problems Analyze similarities and differences in issues or problems Propose and evaluate solutions Recognize and explain misconceptions related to concepts Interpret information from a complex graph (such as determining features of the graph or aggregating data in the graph) Use reasoning, planning, and evidence Explain thinking (beyond a simple explanation or only a word or two to respond) Justify a response Identify research questions and design investigations for a scientific problem Use concepts to solve problems/more than one possible answer Develop a scientific model for a complex situation Form conclusions from experimental or observational data Complete a multi-step problem that involves planning and reasoning Provide an explanation of a principle Justify a response when more than one answer is possible Cite evidence and develop a logical argument for concepts Conduct a designed investigation Research and explain a scientific concept
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