Instructional Design and Content Resources

At Molded Minds, we offer a wide array of instructional design and content resources tailored to the needs of educators. These ready-to-use frameworks, tools, and documents were developed to help enhance the teaching process, promote deeper learning, and improve educational outcomes across various subjects and grade levels.

Instructional Design and Content Resources Offered

Core Engagement Framework

4 Zones of Engagement (Foundational → Functional → Analytical → Innovative) – Molded Minds' foundational framework aligned with Bloom's Revised Taxonomy and Webb's DOK.
Bloom's Revised Taxonomy/Webb's DOK Alignment Map – An invaluable teacher resource helping educators align instructional activities with appropriate educational goals.
Doing vs. Thinking Tasks Framework – A landscape reference that distinguishes between low-cognitive and high-cognitive tasks.

Thinking and Questioning Systems

Molded Minds Question Builder System – A two-phase architecture system (pre-planning design + live execution) with branch pathway cards.
Thinking Toolkit – A teacher toolkit that includes six thinking moves, zone stem tables, and resources, such as a teacher flowchart and student desk cards.
Scaffolded Question Types Guide – A comprehensive guide designed to support teachers in structuring questions that enhance students' learning experience and deepen their understanding.
"Unavoidable Thinking" Task Design Framework – A framework proven to engage students' higher-order thinking skills.

Planning and Instructional Design Tools

Teacher Pre-Planning Workflow – A planning and instructional design tool that incorporates the Trinity of Learning, leverage agents, and a six-phase lesson flow.
Daily Lesson Workflow – A fillable skeleton outline with question stems per phase.
Upgrade the Lesson Framework – A helpful tool to enhance standard lessons.
Teacher Flowchart for Zone Selection – A planning and instructional design tool for engagement zone selection.

Assessment and Feedback Systems

Learning Transformation Rubric System

Teacher Professional Edition
Student Learning Guide Edition
Student Self-Check Bookmark (Daily Use)

Zone 3 Analytic Rubric (Math)
Zone 4 Analytic Rubric (Math)
Combined Holistic Rubric (Math and Zones 3 and 4)
Feedback Framework (Reveal → Refine → Reshape → Transfer)

Subject-Specific Application Packs

Each application pack below includes questioning banks, CER frameworks, graphic organizers, response frames, zone-aligned stems, and "Say It Better" revision sheets.

ELA Questioning and Engagement Pack
Science Questioning and Engagement Pack
Social Studies/History Questioning and Engagement Pack
STEM Questioning and Engagement Pack
Math Questioning and Engagement Pack

Student-Facing Tools and Resources

Student Exploration Guides (Anticipation, During-Learning, After-Learning)
"Say It Better" Revision Tools
Student Desk Cards
Quick Write Reference Guide (Teacher + Student Editions)
Show What You Know: Student Learning Strategies Reference

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