The Kentucky Cognitive Literacy Model (KCLM) is a project-based approach to instruction which can be used as a single class intervention for struggling adolescent students or as a school-based model for engaging and meeting the needs of all learners. The model is based on the following four critical components:
1. Student engagement and motivation
2. Strategic processing of content
3. Research-based instructional strategies
4. Explicit teaching of communication skills
The model is designed to synthesize many components of research-based instruction, including writing to learn, to demonstrate learning, and for authentic purposes; using balanced, authentic assessments; using diagnostic testing to help teachers match teaching tools with student needs, facilitating quality text-based discussions and teaching content vocabulary through research-based methods.
To view the KCLM unit planning template, please click Here
To view the glossary of KCLM terms, click Here
To view the KCLM Instructional Tools Templates, click Here
To view the KCLM Instructional Priorities chart, Click Here