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I even require that my students to begin their lesson plans with the phrase “I want my students to understand…” 

Reasons are important!

I ask each student to complete these two sentences: 1. "I know about or understand"_______________________ 2. "I know how to"_________________________________ The students are told that these understanding and skills can be about anything, and not necessarily social studies, which is what I teach. Usually, students are comfortable expressing what they understand and know how to do when the context for doing so is not threatening. When they have finished writing the completions to the sentences, there is period when I ask each student to tell the class what it is they understand and know how to do. During the process, I question them about how they came to understand whatever they wrote and how they learned the skill they indicated. It is an interesting exercise.