Chapter 4: What Really Matters in Planning for Student Success?

Chapter 4 was a handy laundry list of teaching attitudes and skills that teachers should strive to be. I was somewhat surprised by how much importance was attributed to including students in classroom decisions around their own learning. I still have the mental paradigm that students are trying to get out of work, but I imagine that the other elements of DI and UbD would soften the relation between students and teachers. The advice that seemed most helpful to me was building awareness of what works for each student. I really like the idea of having a fact base for each student that helps me remember how they learn best.