Full Description
In this second volume of It's All About Thinking, the authors focus their expertise on the disciplines of mathematics and science, translating principles into practices that help other educators with their students. How can we help students develop the thinking skills they need to become successful learners? How does this relate to deep learning of important concepts in mathematics and science? How can we engage and support diverse learners in inclusive classrooms where they develop understanding and thinking skills?
In this book, Faye, Leyton and Carole explore these questions and offer classroom examples to help busy teachers develop communities where all students learn. This book is written by three experienced educators who offer a welcoming and "can-do" approach to the big ideas in math and science education today. In this book you will find:
insightful ways to teach diverse learners (Information circles, open-ended strategies, inquiry, manipulatives and models)
lessons crafted using curriculum design frameworks (udl and backwards design)
assessment for, as, and of learning
fully fleshed-out lessons and lesson sequences
inductive teaching to help students develop deep learning and thinking skills in Math and Science
assessment tools (and student samples) for concepts drawn from learning outcomes in Math and Science curricula
excellent examples of theory and practice made accessible real school examples of collaboration — teachers working together to create better learning opportunities for their students.
Contents
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 Meeting the Needs of All Learners 1
Chapter 2 Working Together as a School 23
Chapter 3 Assessment that Supports Learning 35
Chapter 4 Frameworks and Approaches to Support Diverse Learners 53
Chapter 5 Introduction to Electricity 69
Chapter 6 A Cross-Curricular Collaboration 101
Chapter 7 Diversity of Life 135
Chapter 8 Authentic Research 179
Chapter 9 Thinking about Polynomials Concretely, Pictorially, and Abstractly 205
Chapter 10 Thinking about Surface Area and Volume 239
Chapter 11 Thinking about Data Management 261
Chapter 12 From Ratios to Trigonometry 295
Professional References 321
Student Texts and Related Resources 327
Index of Frameworks, Stuctures, Approaches, and Stategies 329
