Creating a Thought-Provoking Curriculum: Lessons from Whodunits and Others.

Wiggins, Grant

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Publication Date: 1987

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Creating a Thought-Provoking Curriculum: Lessons from Whodunits and Others.

Wiggins, Grant

American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, v11 n4 p10-7 Win 1987

Current syllabi and textbooks, in trying to cover every important idea, trivialize them all. The Coalition of Essential Schools believes that students will learn more if teachers are allowed to cover less. The advantages of a slower, thought-provoking curriculum, and recommendations for designing one, are provided. (BJV)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Freedom, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Mastery Learning, Productive Thinking, Teaching Methods

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