Rigor


 * Rigor **

According to Strong, Silver, and Perini, (2001) “Rigor is the goal of helping students develop the capacity to understand content that is complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging.” Rigor involves instructional delivery which includes strategies like project based learning with an inquiry model so students are empowered to create their own answers. It involves challenging students to embrace challenge. Rigor provides students the strategies they need to explore, discover, gather relevant information and decide how to convey what they have learned.
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 Daggett’s Rigor/Relevance Framework  Strong, R.W., Silver H.F., Perini, M.J. (2001). //Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and// //Strategies for Raising Student Achievement.// Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Blackburn, B. (2008//) Rigor is NOT a four-letter word//. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, Inc. Sample Chapters from Rigor is NOT a four-letter word [|**http://www.eyeoneducation.com/bookstore/client/client_pages/samplechapters/7092-1.pdf**] International Center for Leadership in Education Website [|**http://www.leadered.com/rrr.html**] William Daggett’s article, “Achieving Academic Excellence Through Rigor and Relevance” [|**http://www.dupage.k12.il.us/pdf/121306 Achieving Academic Excellence through Rigor and Relevance.pdf**] William Daggett’s article**”** How Brain Research Relates to Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships” [|**http://www.leadered.com/pdf/Brain Research White Paper.pdf**]
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