Clarification:

Teachers are deliberate in integrating learning objectives in one discipline with other disciplines to help learners construct and connect learning. When ideas, concepts and skills from one discipline are connected to others, teachers also maximize instructional time and reinforce learning across subjects. Students are then also able to see how the learning is applicable in other contexts. When students who use their background knowledge to understand information that is presented in other ways, the potential for more effective, complex learning increases. Studying and understanding the TEKS across disciplines to identify the connections and commonalities increases teachers' ability to plan and execute lessons which are interconnected.