Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary: Harnessing Natural Curiosity for Learning That Transfers

by Julie Stern

Harness natural curiosity for conceptual understanding!



Nurture young learners’ innate curiosity about the world and bring intellectual rigor throughout the developmental stages of childhood. Concept-based teaching helps students uncover conceptual relationships and transfer them to new problems. Readers of this must-have road map for implementing concept-based teaching in elementary classrooms will learn



• Why conceptual learning is a natural fit for children

• Strategies for introducing conceptual learning

• Instructional strategies to help students uncover and transfer concepts

• How to write lessons, assess understanding, and differentiate in a concept-based classroom

• How concept-based teaching aligns with best practices and initiatives

Genres: Education

314 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 16, 2017

Reviews

[David Beller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. very practical and well written with ideas ready to go in the classroom.

[Sarah Bayer · Rating 4 out of 5]

An in-depth book about planning and implementing lessons for deeper learning. Learning processes from uncover to transfer are addressed. Models and strategies for each core content areas are covered.

[Maria Bartz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Always good to remind yourself how to teach conceptually. I liked the varied examples. Nothing groundbreaking though.

[Linh · Rating 2 out of 5]

Conceptual understanding & teaching is a very cool topic that I am very interested in & want to try more the next few years.

[Elena Muzzi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Transforms the way you think about teachers. This book was like taking a college class.