Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making

Teaching for Deeper Learning, renowned educators and best-selling authors Jay McTighe and Harvey F.

Silver propose a solution: teaching students to make meaning for themselves.

Contending that the ability to "earn" understanding will equip students to thrive in school, at work, and in life, the authors highlight seven higher-order thinking skills that facilitate students' acquisition of information for greater retention, retrieval, and transfer.