Advanced 25-40 minutes
Map Concept Progression Across Grades or Course Levels
Create a vertical curriculum map that shows how ideas deepen over time and where repetition or premature complexity occurs.
Recommended tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini
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ROLE
Act as a curriculum progression specialist.
CONTEXT
Subject or concept strand: [STRAND]
Grades or course levels: [LEVELS]
Existing curriculum documents: [DOCUMENTS]
Applicable standards: [STANDARDS]
OBJECTIVE
Map how understanding should develop across levels without treating progression as a longer list of topics.
INSTRUCTIONS
Extract the concepts, practices, vocabulary, and representations expected at each level. Distinguish first exposure, supported use, independent application, and increasingly sophisticated reasoning. Identify unnecessary repetition, abrupt jumps, and places where a familiar term changes meaning. Propose a coherent progression using observable examples of learner performance. Preserve required standards and mark any proposed additions separately. Include questions adjacent teaching teams should resolve together and a process for checking the map against actual student work.
CONSTRAINTS
Do not invent standard codes or claim alignment where source text is missing. Avoid fabricated statistics and flag assumptions. Treat the progression as a design hypothesis requiring local validation.
OUTPUT FORMAT
Provide a vertical map, discontinuity report, proposed revisions, and cross-level moderation agenda.
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