Put Understanding First

Autor/inn/en	Wiggins, Grant; McTighe, Jay
Titel	Put Understanding First
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 65 (2008) 8, S.36-41 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	High Schools; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Role of Education; Skill Development; Transfer of Training; Student Motivation; Comprehension; Relevance (Education); Teaching Methods; Mathematics Instruction; Science Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsauftrag; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Schulische Motivation; Verstehen; Verständnis; Relevance; Relevanz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	Why are so many high school students bored, passive, and apathetic? Why do they typically perform adequately on assessments requiring recall and basic skills, but do poorly on tasks requiring application or careful analysis and explanation? The authors trace these problems to a lack of clarity about the goals of a high school education. The mission of high schools, they write, is not to cover content but rather to help learners become thoughtful about, and productive with, content. Curriculum and instruction need to address three different but interrelated goals: helping students (1) acquire important information and skills, (2) make meaning of that content, and (3) effectively transfer their learning to new situations. The sequence of these goals is important: High schools need to challenge the mistaken notion that students cannot deal with meaning until after they acquire facts and skills. The article provides examples of instructional units that engage students by putting understanding first. (Contains 1 figure.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10