Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom (Second (Revised Edition))

Develop students' critical thinking, abstract reasoning, and creative learning skills with concept-based teaching!

Take learning beyond the facts with a teaching approach that develops conceptual thinking and problem-solving skills. A Concept-Based curriculum recaptures students' innate curiosity about the world and provides the thrilling feeling of using one's mind well. Concept-Based teachers will learn how to:

• Meet the demands of rigorous academic standards
• Use the Structure of Knowledge and Process when designing disciplinary units
• Engage students in inquiry through inductive teaching
• Identify conceptual lenses and craft quality generalizations