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- 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.
