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Tables of Contents for The Teaching for Understanding Guide
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures
ix
2
Preface
xi
6
Purpose and Audience
xii
1
Overview of the Contents
xiii
4
The Authors
xvii
2
Acknowledgments
xix
1. What This Guide Is (and Isn't)
1
8
What This Guide Is
2
1
What This Guide Is Not
3
1
About the Format
3
1
About the Case Studies
4
1
Suggestions for Enhancing the Book's Usefulness
4
2
Reflection
6
3
2. Understanding Understanding
9
8
The Difficulty of Teaching for Understanding
11
1
What Is Understanding?
12
2
How Do Students Learn for Understanding?
14
1
Reflection
15
2
3. The Teaching for Understanding Framework
17
8
The Four Parts of the Framework
17
5
What's New Here?
22
1
Reflection
23
2
4. Generative Topics
25
10
Case Study: Finding Generativity in a History Unit
25
4
Key Features of Generative Topics
29
2
Planning Generative Topics
31
1
Teaching with Generative Topics
31
1
Common Questions About Generative Topics
32
1
Reflection
33
2
5. Understanding Goals
35
20
Case Study: Creating Unit and Course Understanding Goals in an English Class
36
8
Key Features of Understanding Goals
44
2
Goals That Do Not Emphasize Understanding
46
1
Planning Unit-Long Understanding Goals
46
2
Planning Overarching Understanding Goals
48
1
Teaching with Understanding Goals
49
1
Common Questions About Understanding Goals
50
1
Reflection
51
4
6. Performances of Understanding
55
16
Case Study: Developing Performances of Understanding for a Science Unit
56
6
Key Features of Performances of Understanding
62
3
Performances That Do Not Necessarily Show Understanding
65
1
Planning Performances of Understanding
65
2
Teaching with Performances of Understanding
67
1
Common Questions About Performances of Understanding
68
2
Reflection
70
1
7. Ongoing Assessment
71
18
Case Study: Embedding Ongoing Assessment in a Geometry Unit
72
7
Key Features of Ongoing Assessment
79
4
Assessment That Does Not Support Understanding
83
1
Planning Ongoing Assessment
84
1
Teaching with Ongoing Assessment
85
1
Common Questions About Ongoing Assessment
86
1
Reflection
87
2
8. Tips and Tools for Planning and Teaching
89
20
Getting Started
89
3
A Planning Process
92
10
Teaching with the Framework
102
2
Reflection
104
5
9. Teaching for Understanding and Other Educational Practices
109
10
Comparing the Framework to Other Teaching Strategies
110
6
Reflection
116
3
Glossary of Terms
119