Dive Brief:
- Principal Michael Corneau of R. L. Stevenson Elementary in Merritt Island, FL created a framework to help teachers build a better curriculum for students using Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) training.
- An LDC framework typically uses building blocks referred to as modules and features two to four weeks of instruction comprising a student performance task ("teaching task") and standards, assignments ("mini-tasks"), according to LDC.org.
- Stanford's Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE) has worked with the LDC to help ensure LDC-created content meets certain learning standards, including College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS).
Dive Insight:
According to LDC.org, the use of LDC literacy "stand-alone" mini-tasks, which are the component pieces of instruction from "full" LDC modules, have been proven to help provide students with opportunities to practice and hone targeted skills. The modules also provide teachers with information and potential benchmarks related to how slowly or quickly students are absorbing instruction.
LDC also encourages ideas similar to those undergirding project-based learning (PBL), a learning trend slowly gaining momentum in K-12 classrooms. PBL stresses critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration.