by edtosavetheworld | May 23, 2016 | Ed2S Fellows, News and Trends, Uncategorized
Well, we haven’t written in quite some time — we’ve been busy! We are thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of our first two books: Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding. The secondary edition will be out in January and the...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 14, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
You’ve read all the books (or at least a few blog posts) on concept-based curriculum. You’ve reoriented your lessons to serve conceptual goals. You’ve sketched out the most important facts, topics, concepts, and theories for each unit. You have...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 8, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Last week we posted a general outline of teaching students to learn conceptually. Today we apply the outline to an actual class — 6th grade social studies. Here’s the context: The teacher worries that it might feel abrupt to suddenly begin being explicit...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 5, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Testing and Assessments
Teacher feedback on student work can be a powerful tool to dramatically improve student learning BUT the quality must be good or it can actually have negative effects on student growth. Many researchers and authors give attention to this significant topic. We like...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 1, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
NOTE: This blog, as all our other blogs on conceptual learning, is based on the work of H. Lynn Erickson and Lois A. Lanning. Planning is done. You have around 3 – 5 powerful statements of conceptual relationships, a conceptual lens, questions that lead to...
