by edtosavetheworld | Oct 21, 2014 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Currently, K-12 science education in the United States…does not provide students with engaging opportunities to experience how science is actually done. -National Research Council Stage 4 of our framework emphasizes disciplinary thinking, which includes the ways...
by edtosavetheworld | Feb 27, 2014 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
When we think about the difference between novices and experts, usually we think about the distinctions between the products these two groups create. Experts compose lengthy, eloquent analysis with 1″ margins and double spaced lines. Novices write fragments and...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 31, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
How many times have you stood in front of the class with an interesting situation or dilemma and narrated your thoughts aloud for your students so they can hear how you reason through it? If we just “tell” students what experts have “figured...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 5, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
This week as we turn our focus to disciplinary thinking, we ask ourselves, How do we get kids to think like experts in each respective field? How can students think like mathematicians in math class and literary critics in English class? How can they behave as...
