Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding: Designing Lessons and Assessments for Deep Learning

✍ Scribed by Julie Harris Stern, Krista Fantin Ferraro, Juliet Rose Mohnkern

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 187
• Series: Corwin Teaching Essentials
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Innovators don’t invent without understanding how the world works. With this foundation, they apply conceptual understanding to solve problems. We want students to not only retain ideas, but relate them to other things they encounter, using each new situation to add nuance and sophistication to their thinking. Discover how to help learners uncover conceptual relationships and transferthem to new situations.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword • H. Lynn Erickson and Lois A. Lanning
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction: Why Is Concept-Based Curriculum Critical for the 21st Century?
1 What Are the Essential Elements of Concept-Based Curriculum Design?
2 How Do We Establish a Culture of Deep Learning?
3 What Are the Building Blocks of Concept-Based Instruction?
4 What Additional Tools Can We Use to Design Lessons?
5 How Do We Design Assessments for Conceptual Understanding?
6 How Can We Meet the Needs of All Learners in a Concept-Based Classroom?
7 What Is the Relationship Between Current Best Practices and Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction?
Conclusion: Imagine What School Could Be . . .
References
Index