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Powerful Concepts: The Missing Middle Layer in High School Classes

Powerful Concepts: The Missing Middle Layer in High School Classes

We discuss the missing middle layer in many high school classes: powerful concepts. When it comes to learning, concepts do the hard work of “middle management”; they give structure to facts that might otherwise seem discrete and unrelated and bring abstract enduring understandings into concrete focus. Learn how we build them into our classes to enable deeper, lasting learning.