Harness natural curiosity for conceptual understanding! Nurture young learners’ innate curiosity about the world and bring intellectual rigor throughout the developmental stages of childhood. Concept-based teaching helps students uncover conceptual relationships and transfer them to new problems. Readers of this must-have road map for implementing concept-based teaching in elementary classrooms will learn ? Why conceptual learning is a natural fit for children ? Strategies for introducing conceptual learning ? Instructional strategies to help students uncover and transfer concepts ? How to write lessons, assess understanding, and differentiate in a concept-based classroom ? How concept-based teaching aligns with best practices and initiatives
