Depth and complexity icon chart bloughs bloga life. Big ideas, rules, trends, patterns, language of the discipline, ethics, relatio. Developed by bette gould and sandra kaplan, the depth and complexity. Differentiating math for gifted learners envision gifted. The pages are open enough to work with any book or story even movies or plays.
By utilizing the prompts, we are able to activate higher levels of knowing and allow students to gain expertise in the topics we study. Find examples and evidence to support opinions and ideas. Add some depth and complexity to traditional literature circles with this complete and readytouse resource. In complexity theory, these flowing states are poetically called strange attractors. Through her work, eleven icons were created to represent elements that generate a deeper, more complex thought process. Design choices like wellcrafted tutorials and appropriate play pacing can make the difference between a. The depth and complexity icons are visual prompts designed to. Language of the discipline and across the disciplines from byrdseed tv. An insight into the people who came together to share ideas from different disciplines and explore a new science. Perfect for gifted or talented students or students in need of enrichment activities.
Complexity refers to the concept of broadening the learners understanding of an area of study by making relationships and. Why i love depth and complexity and you should, too gifted guru. Depth and complexity bookmark depth and complexity bookmark. Depth and complexity an rusd best practices gate tuneup slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking. These can serve as an alternative to book reports and encourage accountability during inclass reading time. Facilitating the understanding of depth and complexity. Sandra kaplan coined the term depth and complexity icons. Designed for heterogeneous classrooms, the deep and complex look books promotes powerful thinking and deep learning through the icons of depth and complexity. Depth and complexity the end result was the creation of the eleven icons of depth and complexity, to be used as differentiation tools in the regular classroom, as teaching tools for mixing sophisticated, higher order assignments ala blooms taxonomy, with extensive enriched content.
As a second book, narrowly focused on the question of complexity in biology, it is outstanding. See more ideas about teaching, thinking maps and gifted education. In that case, youd take a standardor concept behind a standardand refract it through whichever of the following depth or complexity made the most sense according to that students knowledgelevel. An open letter to managers leading distributed teams. 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. Jte22 deep and complex look books j taylor education. The nmusd gate curriculum is structured around iconic teaching, which means that our teachers utilize icons or symbols that represent the different aspects of depth and complexity. When gate gifted and talented education funding was available, we had a trainer come in during several summers for twoday training. Kaplan offers a wide selection of childrens books including factual books, fantasy books, and books about people of different races, cultures, ages, and abilities. I prefer medium to high depth, and low to medium complexity.
Ethics is one of kaplans depth and complexity icons, and an excellent way to take a topic to the analyzing and the evaluating levels of blooms taxonomy i think that we spend a lot of time in school. In part 2 i explain that interplay and therefore depth for deepopen gamepaly systems depends on some complexities while you can have complexities that do not affect depth. They will be attracted to certain flowing states of organization natural to the people who make them up. To have any kind of function in a game, there must be rules to allow it to happen. Understanding depth of knowledge and cognitive complexity. Understanding depth and complexity envision gifted. Explain why you feel the action or behavior was right or wrong. Understanding depth and complexity the critical thinking tools introduced here were developed by dr. This led me to thinking about how i feel about depth vs. Dimensions of depth for kaplan 2001, depth is a deep understanding of the content of the field of study. Each literature circle role listed below is directly connected to 11 elements.
Finding your way through the framework ian byrd, lisa van gemert on. Tools jargon icons acronyms special phrases terms slang abbreviations details what are the defining features or characteristics. Teaching climate change in this increasingly challenging time. Consider pushing them one step further by using the elements of depth and complexity. It embeds depth and complexity into this collaborative presentation using david chungs ideas for literature circle frames. Is there a number that you find as a pattern in the story. This doc is 9 slides long, and gives students many opportunities to do meaningful reflections, activities, and. 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. All the evidence from the science of complexity says that given certain clear munities or teams will become selforganizing. Depth and complexity tools were developed by professor sandra kaplan following extensive research into what types of knowledge distinguished experts in a. Depth and complexity critical thinking literature circles. This book is a love letter to academia, a romp through the early development of complexity theory at the santa fe institute.
Teach students to read the cover of a book using depth and complexity icons we all know the importance of having students read the title and look at the cover of book. Seuss to introduce several icons use multiple perspectives for conflict. In this video, well introduce the big idea and details, two prompts of depth and complexity. This chart identifies key questions, thinking skills, and dimensions 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. Eleven pathways for students to become scholars, the elements of depth and complexity provide and demand depth and complexity in the journey of learning. Hello kristen, yes, we use the sandra kaplan depth and complexity materials in our district. The following icons, in relationship to literature, will ensure that students are engaged in higher order thinking skills, reflecting the concepts of depth and complexity described in the kaplan model. Deep and complex look books created by paula wilkes and mark szymanski. This led to an interesting discussion about depth vs.
Teacher model depth and complexity oscars enormous purr. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. And, by the way, i coauthored the book about the entire depth and complexity framework. One of my favorite activities posted on joelle trayers not just childs play blog is the lesson she does with her kindergarten students on ethics using the gingerbread man story. Sandra kaplan facilitating the understanding of depth and complexity facilitating the understanding of depth and complexity note to the teacher.
Workshop notes works cited contact info writers workshop. The emerging science at the edge of order and chaos by waldrop, m. Author waldrop tells stories and explores the personalities of the men and women who made the santa fe institute happen, thereby creating a tale that enlightens the reader on many intellectual levels. The hyperdoc is to be used for a literature circle activity based on the book, wonder, by r.
What pattern do you find and is it important to the story. Depth refers to the concept of challenging learners by enabling them to dig deeper, venture further and more elaborately into a current area of study. Without a doubt, the biggest problem i now see in my own, early implementation of depth and complexity was this. Using the text book, chapter three, answer the following questions in the space below, write two questions you would. Your students will demonstrate understanding and express opinions of topics in both written and visual ways as they fill out the two levels of depth and complexity icon templates. Key questions can be used in the context of lesson plans to probe understanding and to prompt students during discussions. Sandra kaplan, usc under the auspices of oeri, javits curriculum project t. J taylor education depth and complexity resources and. Teacher instructions are included as is a set of depth and complexity anchor charts free of charge. I also made a depth and complexity pdf as part of the depth and complexity book im writing with lisa van gemert. One model for classifying thinking into cognitive levels of complexity is blooms taxonomy.
This resource includes 11 individual minibooks one for each element of critical thinking that can be used with any novel. Depth and complexity book clubs tinas teaching treasures. Childrens books for teachers kaplan early learning. This video explains the eleven icons that are a part of sandra kaplans depth and complexity model. You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Criticalgaming network blog depth from complexity pt. Depth and complexity literary minibooks teacher thrive. Depth and complexity flip book for my graders depth and complexity flip book for my 2nd graders see more. Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these critical thinking task cards for literature.
I have also created an app for the iphone or ipad that can be downloaded for free. Using depth and complexity to create class rules love this way of either explaining the rule in greater detail or condensing and making something more general creating rules using thinking maps using depth and complexity to create class rulesi know this is on an elementary board, but i feel some of my graders could use this breakdown as well. In this video, we continue to look at the prompts of depth and complexity, this time examining rules and patterns. Complexity are the most basic, raw rules of a game. The minibooks measure about 5 x 7 inches, contain 35 pages, and can be glued into an interactive notebook or lapbook. Ideas presented here are also adapted from flip book, too dr.