Synopses & Reviews
The Parallel Curriculum Model helps teachers not only strengthen their knowledge and pedagogy, but also rediscover a passion for their discipline based on their deeper, more connected understanding. Our students think critically and deeply at a level I have never before witnessed.-Tony Poole, PrincipalSky Vista Middle School, Aurora, CO
What makes this book unique is its insistence on the development of conceptual understanding of content and its focus on the abilities, interests, and learning preferences of each student.-H. Lynn Erickson, Educational ConsultantAuthor of Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul
The approach honors the integrity of the disciplines while remaining responsive to the diversity of learners that teachers encounter.-Jay McTighe, Educational ConsultantCoauthor of Understanding by Design
Engage students with a rich curriculum that strengthens their capacity as learners and thinkers
Based on the premise that every learner is somewhere on a path toward expertise in a content area, this resource promotes a curriculum model for developing the abilities of all students and extending the abilities of students who perform at advanced levels.
The Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM) offers four curriculum parallels that incorporate the element of Ascending Intellectual Demand to help teachers determine current student performance levels and develop intellectual challenges to move learners along a continuum toward expertise. Updated throughout and reflecting state and national content standards, this new edition: Helps teachers design learning experiences that develop PreK-12 learners' analytical, critical, and creative thinking skills in eachsubject areaProvides a framework for planning differentiated curriculumIncludes examples of curriculum units, sample rubrics, and tables to help implement the PCM model
The Parallel Curriculum effectively promotes educational equity and excellence by ensuring that all students are adequately challenged and supported through a multidimensional, high-quality curriculum.
Synopsis
Engage students with a rich curriculum that strengthens their capacity as learners and thinkers
Every learner is somewhere on a path toward expertise in a content area. This resource promotes a model for developing high-quality curriculum that moves learners along the continuum toward expertise and provides sample units and rubrics to help implement differentiated curriculum. Teachers can use four curriculum parallels that incorporate Ascending Intellectual Demand to:
- Determine current student performance levels
- Appropriately challenge all students in each subject area
- Extend the abilities of students who perform at advanced levels
- Provide learning activities that elevate analytical, critical, and creative thinking
Synopsis
Packed with sample units, rubrics, and more, this updated bestseller helps teachers develop and implement a curriculum that moves students along the continuum toward expertise.