y learning-based model of instruction.
The ultimate act of restructuring is to change the process of
instruction and its related acts (planning, curriculum design, and assessment)
so that they reflect the best of what we know about learning.
This book is meant as a step in that direction. In it, I attempt to
articulate a theory of learning based on the best available research on
learning and then translate that theory into a model of classroom
instruction that directly affects how teachers plan for instruction, design
curriculum, and assess student performance. The model of instruction
on which this book is based assumes that the process uflearning involves
the interaction of five types of thinking, what I call the five Dimensions
of Learning. These five dimensions of learning are direct descendants of
the Dimensions of Thinking framework (Marzano, Brandt, Hughes,
Jones, Presseisen, Rankin, and Suhor 1998). The Dimensions of Thinking
model was meant to influence the theory of schooling, whereas its
progeny is meant to influence the practice of schooling. indeed, some
ninety practicing educators from eighteen school districts in the United
States and Mexico have contributed to the development of the Dimensions
of Learning model.