What this guide is (and isn't). What this guide is. What this guide is not. About the format. About the case studies. Suggestions for enhancing the book's usefulness
Understanding understanding. The difficulty of teaching for understanding. What is understanding? How do students learn for understanding?
The teaching for understanding framework. The four parts of the framework. What's new here?
Generative topics. Case study: finding generativity in a history unit. Key features of generative topics. Planning generative topics. Teaching with generative topics. Common questions about generative topics.
Understanding goals. Case study: creating unit and course understanding goals in an English class. Key features of understanding goals. Goals that do not emphasize understanding. Planning unit-long understanding goals. Planning overarching understanding goals. Teaching with understanding goals. Common questions about understanding goals.
Performances of understanding. Case study: developing performaces of understanding for a science unit. Key features of performances of understanding. Performances that do not necessarily show understanding. Planning performances of understanding. Teaching with performances of understanding. Common questions about performances of understanding
Ongoing assessment. Case study: embedding ongoing assessment in a geometry unit. Key features of ongoing assessment. Assessment that does not support understanding. Planning ongoing assessment. Teaching with ongoing assessment. Common questions about ongoing assessment.
Tips and tools for planning and teaching. Getting started. A planning process. Teaching with the framework.
Teaching for understanding and other educational practices. Comparing the framework to other teaching strategies.
