Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding

FOREWORD v

ABOUT THE AUTHORS ix

INTRODUCTION: TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR UNDERSTANDING 1
Linda Darling-Hammond

1 HOW CAN WE TEACH FOR MEANINGFUL LEARNING? 11
Brigid Barron and Linda Darling-Hammond

2 READING FOR UNDERSTANDING 71
P. David Pearson, Gina N. Cervetti, and Jennifer L. Tilson

3 MATHEMATICS FOR UNDERSTANDING 113
Alan H. Schoenfeld

4 TEACHING SCIENCE FOR UNDERSTANDING 151
Timothy D. Zimmerman and Elizabeth K. Stage

5 CONCLUSION: CREATING SCHOOLS THAT DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING 193
Linda Darling-Hammond

APPENDIX 213

BIBLIOGRAPHY 225

SUBJECT INDEX 257

NAME INDEX 267