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Conceptual architecture·Medium cognitive demand·20–40 minutes

Concept Sort

Sort and resort examples to make category boundaries and relationships explicit.

Knowledge
Conceptual · Comparative
Sequence
Prerequisite Activation · Guided Construction
Interaction
Medium

Sort and resort examples to make category boundaries and relationships explicit. Concept Sort is selected when its reasoning mechanism matches an accepted learning requirement and produces evidence a teacher can inspect.

01How the architecture unfolds

  1. Define the learning target and evidence.
  2. Run the Concept Sort routine with one bounded case.
  3. Capture evidence and identify the next teaching move.

02The work on each side

Teacher moves

  • State the reasoning purpose
  • Monitor one diagnostic feature
  • Respond to the evidence

Student moves

  • Retrieve
  • Apply
  • Explain

03What would count as learning?

  • Students produce an observable response linked to the target

04Across the curriculum

History

Evidence and judgment

Use Concept Sort to make a historical reasoning move visible.

Science

Explanation and application

Use Concept Sort to expose how students select and apply a scientific model.