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"Teachers regularly pose questions to their students, but the purpose and form of these questions can vary widely. This book is about a particular kind of question—one we call "essential." So, what makes a question "essential"? Let us begin by engaging you in a bit of inquiry using the following concept-attainment exercise to examine the characteristics of an essential question. The exercise has three parts, as explained in the next several paragraphs."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Wiggins and McTighe have a new book out, "Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding." ASCD has Chapter 1 available on their website at no cost. This chapter explores "What Makes an Essential Question." Learn more about: * Look through essential questions based on subject area including history social studies, mathematics, language arts, science, arts, and world language * Learn the seven defining characteristics of essential questions This first chapter is rich in content and will help you in understanding the value of essential questions and how to create them for your class. As we move into Common Core this is a critical area that will help guide our classes and it is a great resource to have at our fingertips. 
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"Jay McTighe and I have written a white paper on implementation of the Common Core Standards entitled From Common Core Standards to Curriculum: Five Big Ideas. In it we propose a strategy for ensuring that the Common Core Standards are appropriately addressed in curriculum and assessment design locally. We also highlight common misconceptions about what the Standards do and do not demand of educators locally." The paper has five big ideas (quoted below): #1 - The Common Core Standards have new emphases and require a careful reading. #2 - Standards are not curriculum. #3 - Standards need to be "unpacked." #4 - A coherent curriculum is mapped backwards from desired performances. #5 - The standards come to life through the assessments. A short excerpt is also available if you click through.
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"At the end of the day, teaching is about learning, and learning is about understanding.And as technology evolves to empower more diverse and flexible assessments forms, constantly improving our sense of what understanding looks like–during mobile learning, during project-based learning, and in a flipped classroom–can not only improve learning outcomes, but just might be the secret to providing personalized learning for every learner."
Beth Dichter's insight:
There are many taxonomies that one may use in education, and this post from TeachThought provides a look at six alternatives. Read the post to learn more about the following taxonomies: * TeachThought Simple Taxonomy * Six Facets of Understanding by Wiggins and McTighe * Marzano and Kendall's New Taxonomy * A Taxonomy of Significant Learning by Dr. L. Dee Fink * Depth of Knowledge by Norman L. Webb Based on publications from CRESTT that discuss the testing being designed by PARCC and Smarter Balanced (the two consortiums designing tests for Common Core) it is worth checking out the Depth of Knowledge since the tests are based on the four levels in this taxonomy.
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"Teachers regularly pose questions to their students, but the purpose and form of these questions can vary widely. This book is about a particular kind of question—one we call "essential." So, what makes a question "essential"? Let us begin by engaging you in a bit of inquiry using the following concept-attainment exercise to examine the characteristics of an essential question. The exercise has three parts, as explained in the next several paragraphs."