Demonstration of Learning - The Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) for each curriculum area are built on student expectations using Blooms' Taxonomy verbs or verb phrases. The level at which a student is expected to perform is identified by this verb phrase.
Cognition - All activities must be correlated with the correct level of thinking to ensure that the student performs at the proper level of expectation.
Design for Engagement - When the student expectation requires a certain level of performance on Blooms' Taxonomy, the student must be taught using strategies that engage the student at least one to two levels of thinking above that Blooms verb.
Any Blooms verb or verb phrase that indicates a level of application or above, should be carefully identified as having a potential for becoming a project-based instructional piece.
Time - Any student expectation that requires analyzing, evaluating, or creating must be taught over a period of time.
Assessment - All assessments must be based on the expectations for the student's level of thinking or above.
