Consultants/Reviewers

Grant Wiggins, Ed.D. is a co-author of the Understanding by Design Handbook. His approach to instructional design provides teachers with a disciplined way of thinking about curriculum design, assessment, and instruction that moves teaching from covering the content to ensuring understanding.

The Association for Supervision of Curriculum Development (ASCD), publisher of the “Understanding by Design Handbook” co-authored by Grant Wiggins and registered owner of the trademark “Understanding by Design”, has not authorized, approved or sponsored this work and is in no way affiliated with Pearson or its products.

Big Ideas are one of the core components of the Understanding by Design approach in Miller & Levine Biology. These Big Ideas, such as Science as a Way of Knowing and the Cellular Basis of Life, establish a conceptual framework for the program. In the Student Edition, look for opportunities throughout each chapter to link back to the Big Ideas. And, since the Understanding by Design methodology is by nature a teaching tool, see the Teacher's Edition for additional applications of this philosophy.

Jim Cummins is Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Curriculum, Teaching and Learning department at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on literacy development in multilingual schools and the role of technology in promoting language and literacy development.

Program materials for Miller & Levine Biology incorporate research-based essential principles using Dr. Cummins's Into/Through/Beyond structure. You will find ample support for ELL instruction in the Teacher's Edition, Teacher's ELL Handbook, the Multilingual Glossary, as well as the Spanish components offered with this program.

Content Reviewers

• Lily Chen

  Associate Professor

  Department of Biology

  San Francisco State University

  San Francisco, CA

• Elizabeth Coolidge-Stolz, MD

  Medical/Life Science Writer/Editor

  North Reading, MA

• Elizabeth A. De Stasio, Ph.D.

  Raymond H. Herzog
  Professor of Science

  Associate Professor of Biology

  Lawrence University

  Appleton, WI

• Jennifer C. Drew, Ph.D.

  Lecturer/Scientist

  University of Florida

  Kennedy Space Center, FL

• Donna H. Duckworth, Ph.D.

  Professor Emeritus

  College of Medicine

  University of Florida

  Gainesville, FL

• Alan Gishlick, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor

  Gustavus Adolphus College

  St. Peter, MN

• Deborah L. Gumucio, Ph.D.

  Professor

  Department of Cell and
  Developmental Biology

  University of Michigan

  Ann Arbor, MI

• Janet Lanza, Ph.D.

  Professor of Biology

  University of Arkansas
  at Little Rock

  Little Rock, AR

• Charles F. Lytle, Ph.D.

  Professor of Zoology

  North Carolina State University

  Raleigh, NC

• Martha Newsome, DDS

  Adjunct Instructor of Biology

  Cy-Fair College, Fairbanks Center

  Houston, TX

• Jan A. Pechenik, Ph.D.

  Professor of Biology

  Tufts University

  Medford, MA

• Imara Y. Perera, Ph.D.

  Research Assistant, Professor

  Department of Plant Biology

  North Carolina State University

  Raleigh, NC

• Daniel M. Raben, Ph.D.

  Professor

  Department of Biological Chemistry

  Johns Hopkins University

  Baltimore, MD

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