"They want kids to see the world differently, and to be empowered to act differently, because of what they have learned. It seems that the goal of all learning—not just conceptual understanding—is transfer." Read more from Julie Stern, author of Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary, on Corwin Connect.
Use the guidance in this section from Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Secondary, to begin a conversation with your students about how this type of learning might be different from what they are accustomed to doing.
Use this lesson framework from Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary, to guide your students through the process of generating and testing hypotheses to discover connections between concepts.
In this introduction from The InterActive Classroom, author Ron Nash discusses the role of iGen'ers in the classroom and how to bring them from being passive attendees to active participants.
This lesson from Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, High School, allows student to work through multiple mathematical arguments in order to identify the errors in the argument. Students will have the opportunity analyze these errors in order promote higher level thinking in their path to finding the correct argument.
This routine from Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Elementary, helps students develop a more robust understanding of—and flexible thinking about—numbers and their relationships, which positions them for greater success when working with numbers.
This routine from Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Elementary, helps students determine the reasonability of their answers and determine efficient methods for estimating.
Use these self-assessment rubrics from Teaching Strategies That Create Assessment-Literate Learners to help you reflect on your assessment for learning practices.
Use these quick tips from A Local Assessment Toolkit to Promote Deeper Learning for three ways to approach differentiating curriculum without creating completely different lessons.
In this excerpt from What Are You Grouping For? Grades 3-8, discover the differences between guided reading and small group instruction.
This lesson from Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Middle School, helps students learn to analyze mathematic scenarios based upon their environment. Students will learn to apply mathematics concepts to real world situations that lead to solutions and reasoning.
In this session led by John SanGiovanni, author of Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Middle School, participants learn about dynamic, practical routines for developing number sense and fluency with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratio, and operations.