Professional Language #6

History, biology, physical education and art are examples of

• Course Content

• High School Disciplines

• Academic Discipline Materials

• Content Standards

Content is...

• All the knowledge and skills included in an academic discipline

• The words in the textbook

• State Standards

• Your opinion on the course material

Students are challenged to use knowledge from a variety of knowledge in combination to solve a problem

• Interdisciplinary

• Cross-Disciplinary Skills

• Multidisciplinary

• Learning Progressiosn

Content Standards

• Long explanations of what the academic discipline is, why it is taught and what students must know

• State mandates for what is taught

• Guidelines for how to create curriculum

• Short statements that describe what students should be able to do, know and understand in the academic disciplines at each grade level.

All the things a student already knows about the subject

• Irrelevant to the establishment of the lesson plan

• Prior Knowledge

• Previous grade content standards

• Something that must be tested before establishing a learning progression

Skills that are not just useful in one subject

• Interdisciplinary Skills

• Cross-Disciplinary Skills

• Life Skills

• Multidisciplinary Skills

Learning Progression

• A parameter tested through a standard of evidence to evaluate student knowledge

• A curriculum designed to lead students to a specific learning goal

• A diagram showing student growth over a set period of time

• A road or pathway that students travel as they progress towards mastery of the knowledge and skills needed for the content area

This helps us understand what students have learned and to what degree

• Learning Progressions

• Standard of Evidence

• Tests

• Content Standards

Textbooks, guest speakers, field trips and technology resources are examples of

• Instructional Resources and Curriculum

• Content Standards

• Academic Disciplines

• Content

Multidisciplinary study refers to

• A project that included elements of every discipline

• A rare form of curriculum building

• Content arranged by themes and including material from multiple disciplines

• Only found at the higher levels of education