TTC Course Resources

Inquiry Based Learning in the International Classroom

Web Resources

ASCD
http://www.ascd.org/

Concept-Based Curriculum
http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/curriculum/strategyConcept.aspx

Graphic Organizers
http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html

Inquiry General
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html

Project-Based Curriculum
Resource: Project Based Teaching Rubric 
Sample Project: MyParty Election Project
Sample Project: eNABLE 3D Printed Mechanical Hand
Blog: Project Based Learning with Students with Disabilities 
Blog: Gold Standard PBL: Design & Plan
Video: Gold Standard PBL: Challenging Problem or Question
Video: Gold Standard PBL: Design & Plan

Sample Units
http://www.wmich.edu/science/way2go

Teaching Inquiry
http://www.teachinquiry.com/index/Introduction.html

Teaching Thinking
http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/

 

Print Resources

Cooper, Hilary & Chapman, Arthur (Eds.) (2009). "Constructing History 11 – 19" Sage.

Erickson, H. Lynn (2008). "Stirring the Head, Heart and Soul: Redefining Curriculum, instruction and Concept-Based Learning" Corwin Press.

Murdoch, Kath (1998). "Classroom Connections" Eleanor Curtain.

Short, Kathy, Harste, Jerome & Burke, Carolyn (1996). "Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers" Heinemann.

Tishman, Shari, Perkins, David & Jay, Eileen (1995). "The Thinking Classroom: Learning and Teaching in a Culture of Thinking" Allyn and Bacon.

Twomey Fosnot, Catherine ( Ed.) (2005). "Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives and Practice" Teachers College Press.

Wiggins, Grant & McTighe, Jay (2005). "Understanding by Design. Expanded Second Edition" ASCD.

Wolfe, Patricia (2001). "Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom Practice" ASCD.