Do you have to be bitten by radioactive curriculum to have Power Standards?
Description
There is a finite amount of time we have with students, and yet an ever-increasing expanse of curriculum. Dave and Kate look at how we can use the idea of Power Standards to determine which standards get the majority of our emphasis using the work of several prominent curriculum theorists: Doug Reeves, Larry Ainsworth, Fenwick English, Grant Wiggins, and Jay McTighe.
Ainsworth, L. (2003). Power standards: Identifying the standards that matter the most. Engelwood, CO: Lead + Learn Press.
Ainsworth, L. (2010). Rigorous curriculum design: How to create curricular units of study that align standards, instruction, and assessment. Englewood, Colorado: Lead + Learn Press.
English, F.W. (2010). Deciding what to teach and what to test: Developing, aligning, and leading the curriculum. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
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