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DESIGN ELEMENT ONE
RIGOROUS AND DEVELOPMENTALLY RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND
ASSESSMENT
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ALPS: Teaching for Understanding
http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/tfu/
The ALPS Web site, presented by Harvard Project Zero, can help you answer
your TFU questions and will help you get to the know the basics of Teaching
for Understanding.
Indicators of Teaching for Understanding (Article) http://www.ubdexchange.org/resources/news-articles/article4.html
This article by McTighe and Seif offers a list of indicators of what teaching
for understanding looks like in classrooms.
Understanding by Design (Book Excerpts)
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/wiggins98book.html
The ASCD Reading Room (see below) offers this excerpt from Wiggins and
McTighe covering the topics: "What is Backward Design?" and "What is a
Matter of Understanding?".
Regional Educational Laboratories
http://www.nwrel.org/national/
The Regional Educational Laboratories are educational research and development
organizations supported by contracts with the U.S. Education Department,
Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The Northwest Regional Laboratory
provides this page as a "gateway" to all ten regional labs.
Phi Delta Kappan
http://www.pdkintl.org/
PHI DELTA KAPPA is an international association of professional educators.
Their mission is to promote quality education, with particular emphasis
on publicly supported education, as essential to the development and maintenance
of a democratic way of life.
Educational Resources Information Center
http://www.eric.ed.gov/index.html
ERIC is a national information system designed to provide ready access
to an extensive body of education-related literature.
ASCD Reading Room
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom.html
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development offers articles
from its publications, including Educational Leadership. Topics
cover all aspects of teaching and learning and school leadership.
Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences, and Education
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm
The Encyclopedia of Informal Education offers this informative introduction
to Howard Gardner and his framework of multiple intelligences.
Multiple Intelligences Survey Form
http://surfaquarium.com/MIinvent.htm
Walter McKenzie, noted for his work with multiple intelligences and instructional
technology, offers this printable version of a multiple intelligences
survey, including Existentialist as a ninth intelligence.
The Case for Authentic Assessment
http://ericae.net/db/edo/ED328611.htm
Grant Wiggins introduces authentic assessment and responds to objections
raised about this practice.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/
This ERIC page provides a gateway to a wide range of language arts- and
literacy-related resources.
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