Sunday, August 5, 2018

Standards - Targets - Success Criteria


Below are the standards that we will use for the class along with the target that we are trying to hit and the success criteria that we will use to hit them.

Sociology Standards (Student-directives)

Literacy:  Reading for Purpose[1] and Disciplinary Concepts/Sociological Meaning.[2]
Analyze texts and use evidence to draw accurate sociological conclusions.
            Success criteria:
a.      main ideas
b.      details
c.      structure
d.      purpose
e.      source type
f.       claims from various sources
g.      the similarities and differences of various sources
h.      students are able to use sociological vocabulary and concepts.[3]
i.       Sociological thinking; connecting thinking and theory to societal structures.
j.       Identifying the social structures that shape individuals as well as the inequalities that the structures create.

Data:  Research and Evidence[4] 
Accurately interpret data in unfamiliar contexts.
Success criteria:
a.      Identify patterns/trends/comparisons/causes and effects
b.      Interpolate/Extrapolate- make predictions
c.      Drawing conclusions that match the pattern mathematical relationships
d.      Evidence: Patterns/Trends/Comparisons - How does the data change or not change?
e.      Reasoning: How do the data connect to the variables in the claim? What does the evidence mean? What are the data measuring? 
f.       Reasoning: How the evidence support the claim?
g.      Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.[5]
h.      Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
i.       Students can connect the data to real world applications associated with jobs and future occupations and/or areas of study[6].

Critical Thinking/Inquiry:  Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action[7] 
Construct arguments to support sociological claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
            Success Criteria:
a.      Use sociological perspectives: institutions, social structure and cultural reproduction, social inequality, and symbolic interactionism.
b.      Construct sociological explanations for individual experiences using examples and details.
c.      Present arguments that reach a range of audiences outside the classroom.
d.      Use sociological vocabulary and concepts.[8]
e.      Higher level thinking; use logic and reason to create a theoretically informed argument.
f.       Deep Learning[9]; clarify values beyond cognition.
g.       Inquiry-Guided Learning[10]; Construct knowledge through questioning and problem-solving.
h.       Develop compelling and supporting questions that can advance an inquiry.[11]
                                                i.     Explain how a question reflects an enduring issue in the field.
                                               ii.     Explain points of agreement and disagreement experts have about interpretations and applications of disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a compelling question.
                                              iii.     Explain how supporting questions contribute to an inquiry and how, through engaging source work, new compelling and supporting questions emerge. 
                                             iv.     Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in answering compelling and supporting questions, taking into consideration multiple points of view represented in the sources, the types of sources available, and the potential uses of the sources.


[1] Based on C3 Framework Dimension 2 (page 50) and Stevenson High School English Standards 11AC reading rubric
[2] C3 Framework ELA/Literacy and Common Core Connections:  Dimension 2 (page 50)
[3] C3 Framework Dimension 2 (page 29) and C3 Sociology Companion Document (Pages 73-76)
[4] C3 Framework ELA/Literacy and Common Core Connections:  Dimension 3
[5] Next Generation Science Standards for States by States (2013) Appendix M: Connections to the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects.
[6] Kane and Otto, Critical Sociological Thinking and Higher-level Thinking: A Study of Sociologists’ Teaching Goals and Assignments, Teaching Sociology 2018. Vol 46.  page 119; “Most students will not become professional sociologists but the higher-level thinking skills will be valued by employers.”
[7] C3 Framework ELA/Literacy and Common Core Connections:  Dimension 4
[8] C3 Framework Dimension 2 (page 29) and C3 Sociology Companion Document (Pages 73-76)
[9] Grauerholz, Teaching Holistically to Achieve Deep Learning.  College Teaching.  Taylor & Francis Ltd. Vol 49(2) Spring, 2001.
[10] Atkinson, Maxine and Lowney, Kathleen. In The Trenches; Teaching and Learning Sociology.  W.W. Norton. 2016 (page 76).
[11] C3 Framework Dimension 1: Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries (Pages 23-26).

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