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Understanding by Design

7/26/2014

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In today's educational landscape there are many teaching strategies out there. However this is not a teaching strategy, it is a is a framework for improving student achievement by structuring learning in a way that allows students to create meaningful connections. This is known by Understanding by Design (UbD) or backward design. Developed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, the basis of UbD is that the teacher creates units by first designing the end of the unit or the assessment part. From here, the teacher designs the rest of lessons based on what the intended outcome is supposed to be. This is different from what most teachers do in which you design lessons first, then assess based on what you covered. It has made my assessments better as I am able to plan out my lessons better since I know what to expect at the end. I know I have not done this topic justice, so I have included four videos for you watch. The first video is by the developer Jay McTighe. Here he explains UbD. The following two are from a workshop that Grant Wiggins facilitated at the Avenues School in New York. 
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Bryan Wiedeman
7/30/2014 04:47:47 pm

We used UbD at the last school I worked at and at my present school we use Teaching for Understanding TfU which is more or less the same thing. I think it is very important to start at the end and work backwards. It really makes teachers focus on the standards and benchmarks that will be addressed in the unit. Oh and Grant Wiggins daughter teaches at my school.

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Me
8/1/2014 04:10:14 pm

Bryan,

That is awesome that that Alexis works at your school. I follow her blog and she produces some great ideas as well. As I mentioned in the blog post, UbD or what you do TfU is a crucial way to assist in teaching. It's important that we start with our overall outcome in mind and work back to make sure we cover everything. This way, no content will be left out and we can make sure all learners needs are addressed.

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