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This document provides definitions and questions for unpacking artifacts related to academic instruction and assessment. It outlines key components of instruction including standards, concepts, themes, problems, content, and disciplinary processes. For each component, it provides a definition and example questions to consider for ensuring students understand the material and can apply their learning. The goal is to evaluate how well instruction helps students build knowledge, communicate ideas, and demonstrate their understanding through the use of academic vocabulary and disciplinary skills.

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Aiw Unpacking With Practice Spots 1

This document provides definitions and questions for unpacking artifacts related to academic instruction and assessment. It outlines key components of instruction including standards, concepts, themes, problems, content, and disciplinary processes. For each component, it provides a definition and example questions to consider for ensuring students understand the material and can apply their learning. The goal is to evaluate how well instruction helps students build knowledge, communicate ideas, and demonstrate their understanding through the use of academic vocabulary and disciplinary skills.

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Unpacking AIW Artifacts

Components Definition Questions Practice 1 Practice 2

Standards A set of essential concepts and skills, * What standard(s) is addressed?


which guides curriculum and instruction.

Concept and/or A concept is broad and abstract, *Is the concept one or two words?
universal in application, timeless, and *Is the concept timeless, universal, and broad?
represented by different examples that
share common attributes.
*Is the theme thought-provoking and
Theme and/or A recurring, unifying idea. meaningful?

Questions or issues that are driven by


Problem challenging, open-ended problems *Is there one “right” way to solve the problem?
central to academic, professional, or
applied discipline.

Conceptual thinking requires the ability


to critically examine information, to *Who is constructing knowledge and at what
relate to prior knowledge, to see patterns depth?
Students
and connections, and to draw out *What evidence is there that students understand
Understand
significant understandings. the concept, theme, or problem and can apply
their learning to the real world?

Content/Topic The subject matter or information in the *What factual information must students acquire?
lesson -- often taken from the course *What procedures do students need to know?
textbook. While concepts may be
imbedded, the content is mostly facts,
information, topics, laws, formulas, etc.

Students Know What students must know and be able to *What evidence is there that students understand
use in order to discuss, explain, or the content?
analyze concepts or solve complex
problems.
Components Definition Questions Practice 1 Practice 2

Unpacking AIW Artifacts


TS Educational Leadership Consultants, Tina Wahlert and Susie Peterson, October 2017
Unpacking AIW Artifacts

Disciplinary Discipline-specific methods *What disciplinary processes will be incorporated


Processes professionals in the field use. into this lesson/unit/course?
(ie. collect data, read maps and graphs,
use primary source documents, conduct *When are students using disciplinary processes
research, etc.) to problem-solve?

Students must recognize and practice *What forms of communication are students
Students Utilize discipline-specific methods and using that professionals in the field would use?
processes used in the field. Complex Such as substantive conversation and elaborated
forms of communication are used to communication.
conduct work and present results.

Approaches or techniques students use to *How does the skill transfer to other curriculum
Skills demonstrate learning -- not specific to a areas?
discipline (ie. speaking, teaming, use of
technology).

Students use cross-curricular skills to *What skills will be used to learn and
Students show understanding of concepts, themes, demonstrate understanding?
Demonstrate and to solve problems.

Vocabulary that is used in text and * When will the academic vocabulary be
Academic dialogue to explain a curriculum concept introduced in the unit?
Vocabulary or content-specific words required to
learn the material.

Students accurately incorporate * How will understanding of the academic


Students academic vocabulary to demonstrate vocabulary be assessed?
Incorporate understanding.

Unpacking AIW Artifacts


TS Educational Leadership Consultants, Tina Wahlert and Susie Peterson, October 2017

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