Reading Brain research has given us an understanding of how neurological connections are made and sustained. The theory of multiple intelligences has helped us understand that human beings manifest intelligence in different ways. Teachers can use their understanding of multiple intelligences to differentiate instruction. Constructivism is the understanding that knowledge is constructed within the mind of the learner.
Constructivist classrooms require students to be actively engaged in their own learning.
The five Dimensions of Learning have given educators a planning framework to create meaningful instruction. Standards-based education grew out of the need to hold schools accountable for student achievement. Standards-based instruction and assessment identifies what students need to know and be able to do and what evidence they must show to demonstrate their attainment of each standard.