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Teaching What Matters Most

Teaching What Matters Most. Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement. Strong, Silver , & Perini, 2001. Four Standards. Rigor Thought Diversity Authenticity. Thought.

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Teaching What Matters Most

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  1. Teaching What Matters Most Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement Strong, Silver, & Perini, 2001

  2. Four Standards Rigor Thought Diversity Authenticity

  3. Thought All students need to acquire the disciplines of learning: They need to be able to collect and organize information, to speak and write effectively, to master the arts of inquiry and problem solving, and to be able to reflect on and learn from their own activity as learners.

  4. Meaning of thought is vague, shifty, and provisional. Seems too subjective to define. Thought

  5. Thought Pursuit of purpose under conditions of uncertainty.

  6. Inquiry • Knowledge acquisition • Problem-solving • Communication • Reflection Five Disciplines

  7. Thought is how we learn. • Thought is what we learn.. Why Does Thought Matter?

  8. Citizenship is thinker-ship. • Know enough about each content area to understand current issues and affairs. • How inquiry is pursues & claims are made. • What kinds of problems a content area addresses and how to search for solutions. • How people in the various content areas communicate with each other and the public. • How to reflect and evaluate the implications of discoveries & new ideas in the various content areas. Why Does Thought Matter?

  9. Strategies on Page 38: Discuss and give examples of your assignments that meet these standards.

  10. Thinking practice is a sustained way of coordinating student-to-student and student-to-teacher conversations about the processes of thinking.

  11. They are sustained. • They are conversationally rich. • They emphasize problems of representation and writing. • They are both responsive and opportunistic. Common Characteristics of Thinking Practices

  12. Genuine thought is not simply a response to training. • Thought, especially first thought, is uncertain and fragile. • Thought refines itself through sustained conversation about meaningful problems. Why Pay Attention to Thinking Practices?

  13. Chapter Two :What does this mean to you?

  14. Chapter Three: How does your classroom measure up?

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