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| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| About the Author | |
| Making Change in a Changing World | |
| The State of Educational Change | |
| Pressure Groups | |
| Sharing the Job of Quality Education | |
| A National Model for Concept-Based Curricula | |
| Making Change the Systems Way | |
| Overcoming Obstacles: Over, Under, Through, and Around | ... MORE |
| Summary | |
| Extending Thought | |
| Concept-Based Curriculum | |
| Traditional Curriculum | |
| Concept-Based Curriculum | |
| Historical Perspective: Hilda Taba | |
| Conceptual Organizers | |
| Generalizations | |
| Summary | |
| Extending Thought | |
| State Academic Standards and Local Curriculum Frameworks | |
| State Standards | |
| The Tripartite Model of Curriculum Design | |
| Scope and Sequence Charts for Processes and Skills | |
| Summary | |
| Extending Thought | |
| Designing Interdisciplinary, Integrated Curricula | |
| Defining Interdisciplinary, Integrated Curricula | |
| The Integrated, Intradisciplinary Curriculum Model | |
| Designing Concept-Based Teaching Units | |
| Unit Design Steps: Questions and Answers | |
| Lesson-Planning Pages | |
| Summary | |
| Extending Thought | |
| Concept-Based Units: Samples and Questions | |
| From Coordinated to Integrated Units | |
| Multiage Classrooms and Concept-Based Curriculum | |
| Questions and Answers: Elementary Schools | |
| Questions and Answers: Secondary Schools | |
| The International Baccalaureate Programme | |
| Career and Technical Education Programs | |
| Summary | |
| Extending Thought | |
| Assessing and Reporting Student Progress | |
| A Brief Review: Form and Function | |
| The Implications of Process Assessment | |
| Reporting Process Development | |
| Assessing Critical Thinking Developmentally | |
| Standards for Thinking | |
| Scoring Guides for Performance Tasks | |
| Questions and Answers | |
| Summary | |
| Extending Thought | |
| Concept-Based Instruction | |
| Instructional Strategies | |
| Learning Experiences | |
| Adapting Activities | |
| Teacher Reflections on Concept-Based Instruction | |
| Summary | |
| Extending Thought | |
| Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul: Creating a Love of Learning | |
| Stirring the Head | |
| Stirring the Heart and Soul | |
| Loving to Learn | |
| Summary | |
| Alternative Unit Formats | |
| Key Concepts in Different Disciplines | |
| What Work Requires of Schools | |
| Sample Unit Planner | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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