This book is a step-by-step walk through the behind-the-scenes intellectual work necessary to make instruction truly effective and help students learn deeply and meaningfully. Intended to assist teachers in learning how to translate standards into objectives, use objectives for the basis of assessment, develop learning objectives that incorporate targeted content and thinking skills, and pull objectives, assessments, and learning activities into teaching plans for learning.

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Instructional design : who and what is it for? -- Objectives as the foundation for learning-focused instruction -- A closer look at the language of objectives -- Two special cases in creating objectives : read and write -- Checking the validity of objectives -- Creating instructional objectives -- Developing assessments -- Checklists and rubrics -- Designing learning activities -- Creating plans for learning.