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March 29, 2017
Teaching for Understanding: What It Is and How to Do It
- Author
- Newton, Douglas P.
- Publisher
- Routledge, New York, NY
- ISBN
- 415227917
- Table of Contents
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ch. 1 Introduction
ch. 2 Understanding: A Worthwhile Goal
ch. 3 The Nature of Understanding
ch. 4 Making Connections
ch. 5 Mental Engagement
ch. 6 Supporting Understanding With Analogies
ch. 7 Using Surrogate Teachers
ch. 8 Failing to Understand
ch. 9 The Total Learning Environment
ch. 10 Knowing What Counts
ch. 11 Motivated to Understand
ch. 12 The Self-regulation of Learning
ch. 13 Evaluating Understanding
In Conclusion
Glossary
Teaching for Understanding describes the nature of understanding, strategies that support it, and factors which bear upon it in a way which makes it accessible to teachers in raining, practicing teachers, and lecturer in education. Its coverage includes understanding and its nature, constructing relationships and mental structures, surrogate teachers, metacognition, and assessment. (From the Publisher)