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The Parallel Curriculum : A Design to Develop Learner Potential and Challenge Advanced Learners.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thousand Oaks : Corwin Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781452222981
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Parallel CurriculumDDC classification:
  • 371.95/3
LOC classification:
  • LC3993.2 .P34 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 - The Rationale and Guiding Principles for an Evolving Conception of Curriculum -- Chapter 2 - An Overview of the Parallel Curriculum Model -- Chapter 3 - Thinking About the Elements of Curriculum Design -- Chapter 4 - The Core Curriculum Parallel -- Chapter 5 - The Curriculum of Connections Parallel -- Chapter 6 - The Curriculum of Practice Parallel -- Chapter 7 - The Curriculum of Identity Parallel -- Chapter 8 - Ascending Intellectual Demand in the Parallel Curriculum Model -- Resource A: Teaching Resources for Chapter 8 -- References -- Index.
Summary: Engage students with a rich curriculum that strengthens their capacity as learners and thinkers! Every learner is somewhere on a path toward expertise in a content area. This resource promotes a model for developing high-quality curriculum that moves learners along the continuum toward expertise and provides sample units and rubrics to help implement differentiated curriculum. Teachers can use four curriculum parallels that incorporate Ascending Intellectual Demand to:  Determine current student performance levels  Appropriately challenge all students in each subject area Extend the abilities of students who perform at advanced levels  Provide learning activities that elevate analytical, critical, and creative thinking.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 - The Rationale and Guiding Principles for an Evolving Conception of Curriculum -- Chapter 2 - An Overview of the Parallel Curriculum Model -- Chapter 3 - Thinking About the Elements of Curriculum Design -- Chapter 4 - The Core Curriculum Parallel -- Chapter 5 - The Curriculum of Connections Parallel -- Chapter 6 - The Curriculum of Practice Parallel -- Chapter 7 - The Curriculum of Identity Parallel -- Chapter 8 - Ascending Intellectual Demand in the Parallel Curriculum Model -- Resource A: Teaching Resources for Chapter 8 -- References -- Index.

Engage students with a rich curriculum that strengthens their capacity as learners and thinkers! Every learner is somewhere on a path toward expertise in a content area. This resource promotes a model for developing high-quality curriculum that moves learners along the continuum toward expertise and provides sample units and rubrics to help implement differentiated curriculum. Teachers can use four curriculum parallels that incorporate Ascending Intellectual Demand to:  Determine current student performance levels  Appropriately challenge all students in each subject area Extend the abilities of students who perform at advanced levels  Provide learning activities that elevate analytical, critical, and creative thinking.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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