by edtosavetheworld | Aug 7, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Testing and Assessments
Assessing for deep understanding and higher order thinking is not easy. It’s oh-so-much easier to assess for factual recall. But it’s worth doing. Combining the work of Dr. Erickson and Dr. Lanning on concept-based curriculum and instruction with the work...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 5, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Knowledge does not fall from the sky. Someone discovers it! There are complex processes that are essential to the functioning of each discipline — and they take years to cultivate! How do we help students to build their understanding and use of these processes?...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 4, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Perhaps the biggest challenge in implementing a concept-based curriculum is making the jump from the person who wrote the curriculum to implementation in the classroom. In my dream world, each teacher would have enough training, apprenticeship and time to write their...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 3, 2015 | Influential Thinkers, Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Few people have contributed as much to the field of education as Dr. H Lynn Erickson, the godmother of concept-based curriculum. I’m in a sentimental mood as this week marks her last certification institute. She has trained, assessed and certified hundreds of...
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...
