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Chapter 1 Effective learning Having a goal / a clear purpose Start with the intended outcome and work backwards

Chapter 2 Knowing vs. Understanding Transferring / Take what you know and apply it to other situations Making connections Misunderstandings can show knowledge difference between standards and performance indicators and is that the same as performance standard--see page 65
 * Is everything we require really necessary--(who needs Calculus?)--who determines scope and sequence**

Chapter 3 Goals should be the big idea not lots of tiny tasks There should be a few manageable goals and we should design around these If we devoted 30 minutes of time to each benchmark we would need over 15,000 hours to learn them all

Chapter 4 revealing understanding and making meaning out of something problematic -- make meaning relevant The 6 Facets! -- they help clarify understanding Making connections

Chapter 5 Thought provoking questions get to the essence Good questions spark meaningful connections and elicit interesting views The answer doesn't need to be there Ideas can be abstract and not obvious

Chapter 6 focus on a small number of big ideas
 * what does propositional form really mean