Summary of forms
of knowledge and phases of mastery
Scope and Sequence for 100 Easy Lessons
Reading
First. [Main features of effective
reading instruction] ppt
Short forms for
assessing curriculum materials and instruction
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Stuff of GREAT relevance to secondary education
Making
sense of what you read and hear
Helping teachers and students to identify knowledge that is IN text:
facts, lists, concepts, rules/propositions, and routines (which include
explanations, descriptions, theories, models---as articulating these is a
sequence of steps).
Resources
for teaching forms of knowledge; text with examples of facts, concepts, etc.
** Vocabulary Five methods of vocabulary instruction.
** Lord
Acton. The NC Standard Course of Study says that
students should learn about the development of democracy. Lord Acton could be important reading. Definitions of concepts. Things Solon did. Rules/propositions about political
arrangements.
** Federalist 10. How factions develop; difficulties they
pose. Republics vs. democracies.
** Anti-federalist. Patrick Henry.
What is his argument (a routine) that the Constitution as written is a
dangerous document?
** U.S. Constitution. Great source of lists (e.g., rules in each Article
and Amendment; list of Amendments); concepts; and routines (e.g., explain how
the various articles and amendments are an attempt to limit the development of
a tyrannical state).
** The Jacksonian Tradition.
Relevant to current politics. Walter Russel Mead. Concepts, lists, rules, propositions
** Inflation,
recession, depression, business cycle. How can students leave school not knowing what
these terms mean? How can they evaluate
legislation, programs, and agendas?
Concepts, rules/propsitions, routines (explanations)
** The Krebs cycle. Main page.
Mitochondrion. Background knowledge.
** Greek Phalanx Combat
Text. Identify information to teach,
and objectives; design instruction.
** Spartan Poetry and
Memorials. Use inductive reasoning
(comparing and contrasting samples to find common features; then stating these
common features in the form of concepts [kinds of things], rules or
propositions [how kinds of things go together].