[LIT] cross-walking curriculum & importance of learning how to learn

[Jan Kammert]

Can anyone suggest a book to help teachers with "explicit instruction of
HOW to complete and synthesize research"?
Thanks!
Jan


On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Mary Lou wrote:

[I deleted some paragraphs here.]

> My principal's concern and goal is to curriculum map in order to adjust
> timelines to better meet the goal of integration.  I get it...But my feeling
> is that at the same time, we need to collect data on the type of instruction
> students deserve. I find that in some content area classrooms students
> continue to be "assigned" projects and papers with little explicit
> instruction. I see and hear way too much "independent research" by students
> without the explicit instruction of HOW to complete and synthesize research.
> So, the curriculum is "covered," but often students are not engaged in
> "learning how to learn."  
>