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Wiggins, Grant P., and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. Print. Explanation: What is the concept in ….? What are examples of …. ? What are the characteristics/parts of …. ? Why is this so? How might we prove/confirm/justify …? How is … connected to … ? What are common misconception about …? Interpretation: […]
Chapter 4 in Wiggins, Grant P., and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. Print. Explanation: Can describe apt theories and illustrations that provide knowledgeable accounts of events, actions, and ideas How does this work? To what is this connected? What does this imply? How did this […]
Wiggins, Grant P., and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. Print. Explain What kind of theory-making and connecting must students encounter if they are to grasp what is not obvious, meet new ideas, test and verify tem, and build their own theory or explanation? […]
Chapter 7 in Tomlinson, Carol A., and Jay McTighe. Integrating Differentiated Instruction & Understanding by Design: Connecting Content and Kids. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006. Print. Use Essential Questions in Teaching use essential (driving) questions to launch projects and revisit throughout the project make questions provocative and student friendly […]
Wiggins, Grant P., and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. Print. The following project planning form was inspired by the backwards design process in Understanding by Design: Blank project planning form: link Sample completed planning form: ink Section 1: Standards: This section is used to […]
Chapter 5 in Lesh, Bruce A. “Why Won’t You Just Tell Us the Answer?”: Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7-12. Portland, Me.: Sten house, 2011. Print. Official BEF Photo. Digital image. Radio Diaries. Radio Diaries, n.d. Web. 14 May 2016. Revising History: Examples: Pluto lost its planet status in 2004 Deepening understanding of role […]
Chapter 2 in Markham, Thom, John Larmer, and Jason Louis. Ravitz. Project Based Learning Handbook: A Guide to Standards-focused Project Base Learning for Middle and High School Teachers. Novato, CA: Buck Institute for Education, 2003. Print. Persisting stick to a task until it is completed don’t give up easily analyze problems and plan approaches to […]
Chapter 3 in Boaler, Jo. Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students’ Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Message, and Innovative Teaching. Print. Traditional School Math & Math Misconceptions Math is hated/feared because it is taught and thought of in ways that are different from other subjects. Primary role of students in traditional math classrooms is to perform […]
NOTE: ALL BOOK & LOGO IMAGES ARE ACTIVE HYPERLINKS TO BOOKS, WEB RESOURCES, OR ORGS. ENJOY! 🙂 01 : Why teach in the challenge zone? 02 : Scaffolding academic literacy 03 : Learning in the challenge zone 04 : What is curriculum literacy? 05 : Engaging in academic literacy 06 : Scaffolding […]
Chapter 4 in Aguilar, Elena. The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation. Print. Coaching Lenses Inquiry Lens: Values questions, multiple sources of data Problem solving Admits to not knowing everything Aware of assumptions and limitations Concerned with the quality of the question Change Management Lens: How will change be made? What conditions are needed […]