Understanding by Design Freamework

It offers a planning process and structure to guide curriculum, assessment, and instruction. It focus on two key ideas

It offers a planning process and structure to guide curriculum, assessment, and instruction. It focus on two key ideas

Focus on teaching and assessing for understanding and learning transfer.

Design curriculum "backward" from those ends.

Based on seven key tenets

Based on seven key tenets

Learning

Curriculum and Teaching

Understanding

Effective Curriculum

Teachers are coaches of understanding, not mere purveyors of content knowledge, skill, or activity.

Regular reviewing units and curriculum against design standards enhances curriculum quality and effectiveness, and provides engaging and professional discussions (McTighe & Wiggins, 1999).

The UbD framework reflects on a continuous improvement approach for the students to learn.

Stage 1- Identify Desired Results

Stage 1- Identify Desired Results

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This is where the goals are considered, the standard contents are examined and established (national, state, province, and district), and the curriculum expectations are reviewed. It also focuses on transfer of learning, meaning making, and acquisition which help the instructor develop and deepen their understanding of the important ideas and processes that support transfer (McTighe & Wiggins, 1999).

Subtopic

Transfer of Learning

Meaning Making

Acquisition

Three Stages of Backward Design

Three Stages of Backward Design
Stage 2- Determine Assessment Evudence

Stage 2- Determine Assessment Evudence

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Performance tasks are used to help students apply their learning to a new and authentic situations as means of assessing their understanding and ability to transfer their learning (McTighe & Wiggins, 1999).

Performance Tasks

Other Evidence

Stage 3- Plan Learning Experience

Stage 3- Plan Learning Experience

Lessons

Learning Activities

Reference McTighe, J., & Wiggins, G. (1999). Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Understanding means someone is able to:

Gain Self-Knowledge

Explain

Interpret

Apply

Demonstrate Perspective

Display Empathy