Phase+2+-+Resources

The Instructional sub-committee was asked to read the following articles prior to their summer meeting: (Mandatory for everyone)
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(Select one from this group)
 * Toward a More Comprehensive Conception of College Readiness by David T. Conley
 * Understanding Understanding from Understanding by Design by
 * In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms by Jacqueline and Martin Brooks
 * How the Brain Learns by David A. Sousa

(Select any others from this list -- as many or as few as you would like)
 * High Schools at the Tipping Point by Bob Wise
 * Standards for the 21st Century Learner from the American Association of School Librarians
 * High School Teaching for the Twenty-First Century: Preparing Students for College from the Alliance for Excellent Education
 * '21st-Century Skills' Focus Shifts W. VA Teachers' Role by Stephen Sawchuk
 * Motivating Students to Learn by Hearther Voke
 * Rigor by Tony Wagner
 * 6 Ways Not to Become Rote Using Instructional Technology by Ruth Reynard
 * Exercise Seen as Priming Pump for Students' Academic Strides by Debra Viadero
 * Powerful Learning by Brigid Barron and Linda Darling-Hammond
 * Making History by Ester Shein (from The Journal)
 * World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others by David Julian
 * What's Not on the Test: How to Turn Assessment into Learning by Tema Goodwin

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Audio file of Jo O'Brien, the state assistant commissioner of education: