Karin Hess
@drkarinhess.bsky.social
Educator, Author, Keynote Speaker, Gardener, Proud Mom and Grandma
My STOP & THINK article is filled with links to additional classroom strategies. Check it out!
NEW: Let’s STOP and THINK about Those Exit Tickets
Learning scientist @drkarinhess.bsky.social shows how STOP and THINK activities build a deeper, more meaningful understanding of skills and concepts than traditional end-of-class exit cards. #edusky #teachersky
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Learning scientist @drkarinhess.bsky.social shows how STOP and THINK activities build a deeper, more meaningful understanding of skills and concepts than traditional end-of-class exit cards. #edusky #teachersky
www.middleweb.com/52791/lets-s...
Let's STOP and THINK about New Ways to Use Exit Tickets
Karin Hess shows how STOP and THINK activities build a deeper, more meaningful understanding of skills and concepts than traditional end-of-class exit cards.
www.middleweb.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My STOP & THINK article is filled with links to additional classroom strategies. Check it out!
What does real rigor look like? In this episode of Toddle’s School Leaders Project, host Cindy Blackburn sits down with Dr. Karin Hess renowned assessment expert and creator of the Cognitive Rigor Matrix. They unpack what rigor actually means. Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2dzCnCDOHs
Rethinking Rigor with Karin Hess
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August 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What does real rigor look like? In this episode of Toddle’s School Leaders Project, host Cindy Blackburn sits down with Dr. Karin Hess renowned assessment expert and creator of the Cognitive Rigor Matrix. They unpack what rigor actually means. Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2dzCnCDOHs
Listen to my latest podcast where I discuss rigor, learning progressions, and assessment design. Enjoy! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Using Cognitive Complexity to Engage Students with Karin Hess by Chalk Talk
Karin Hess joins us to talk about rigor and cognitive complexity in teaching and assessing1\.
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May 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Listen to my latest podcast where I discuss rigor, learning progressions, and assessment design. Enjoy! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Does your group work need a new GPS-I guidance system? Read my latest blog post - www.middleweb.com/52110/design...
Designing Collaborative Student Work So That Everyone Learns
Karin Hess explains how group processing, positive interdependence, simultaneous engagement and individual accountability can assure successful group work.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Does your group work need a new GPS-I guidance system? Read my latest blog post - www.middleweb.com/52110/design...
Excited to see my 14th book with endorsements from Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Sherry St Clair, Barbara Blackburn, Jon Saphier, and Larua Laura Smith Benson. Looking for a master class in DOK, learning transfer, and use of the Hess cognitive rigor matrices? check it out at www.tcpress.com/applying-dep...
March 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Excited to see my 14th book with endorsements from Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Sherry St Clair, Barbara Blackburn, Jon Saphier, and Larua Laura Smith Benson. Looking for a master class in DOK, learning transfer, and use of the Hess cognitive rigor matrices? check it out at www.tcpress.com/applying-dep...
Loved this practical approach to differentiating how we measure learning! A Strategy for Differentiating Assessments www.edutopia.org/article/tier...
A Strategy for Differentiating Assessments
Tiered assessments help ensure that all students can show what they know while being appropriately challenged.
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February 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Loved this practical approach to differentiating how we measure learning! A Strategy for Differentiating Assessments www.edutopia.org/article/tier...
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Merry Christmas from Ireland. 🇮🇪 ✨🌲✨👏✨
December 26, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Merry Christmas from Ireland. 🇮🇪 ✨🌲✨👏✨
Reposted by Karin Hess
Have time for a new on-demand podcast? Listen to my conversation with Heidi Hayes Jacobs, "DOK and Storyboarding" at www.linkedin.com/events/depth...
Depth of Knowledge and Storyboarding: An Interview with Karin Hess | LinkedIn
Join Heidi Hayes Jacobs for a sneak preview by a seminal author and education leader, Karin Hess.
Heidi Hayes Jacobs will be interviewing Karin Hess on November 22nd at 11 AM Eastern regarding her n...
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November 26, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Have time for a new on-demand podcast? Listen to my conversation with Heidi Hayes Jacobs, "DOK and Storyboarding" at www.linkedin.com/events/depth...
The Borrows series has been a favorite of mine since my 6th grade teacher read them aloud, back in the 1960s. I read them to my elementary students in the 1970s-1980s and gave copies to my grandkids in the 2000s.
November 18, 2024 at 8:51 PM
The Borrows series has been a favorite of mine since my 6th grade teacher read them aloud, back in the 1960s. I read them to my elementary students in the 1970s-1980s and gave copies to my grandkids in the 2000s.
I've just moved from "X" to Bluesky and I like the new neighborhood! Looking to reconnect and share ideas with other educators. Visit my website www.karin-hess.com to see what we might have in common.
November 18, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I've just moved from "X" to Bluesky and I like the new neighborhood! Looking to reconnect and share ideas with other educators. Visit my website www.karin-hess.com to see what we might have in common.