by edtosavetheworld | Aug 24, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
This week we continue talking about concept-based teaching and learning. As a history teacher, I’ve found that it’s really easy to plan a lesson or unit that I think leads to conceptual understanding only later to reflect and realize that we spent most of...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 5, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Ever since the Common Core State Standards were introduced, a barrage of parents, educators, and laymen have taken to social media to voice their discontent. Now, I’m not saying that the standards are a panacea for all that’s wrong with American education,...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 4, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Educators today seem to be faced with a choice: Keep teaching centuries-old ways of organizing the world through traditional disciplines such as math, science and music or throw it all out in favor of innovation, creativity and problem-solving skills. OR It is a...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 30, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Here’s an oldie-but-goodie from the Ed2Save archives, published in 2013: So you want to create a performance task that measures conceptual understanding? Try these three steps. 1. Determine what conceptual relationship you want to assess. For example: You...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 9, 2014 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
This is one of our most popular posts from Dr. H. Lynn Erickson, first published on April 23, 2013. Enjoy! Today we are honored to have as guest blogger Lynn Erickson, author, trainer and creator of a systematic method for designing curriculum called Concept-Based...
