Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins

Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins

What is understanding and how does it differ from knowledge? How can we determine the big ideas worth understanding? Why is understanding an important teaching goal, and how do we know when students have attained it? How can we create a rigorous and engaging curriculum that focuses on understanding and leads to improved student performance in today's high-stakes, standards-based environment?

Authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe answer these and many other questions in this second edition of Understanding by Design. Drawing on feedback from thousands of educators around the world who have used the UbD framework since its introduction in 1998, the authors have greatly revised and expanded their original work to guide educators across the K-16 spectrum in the design of curriculum, assessment, and instruction. With an improved UbD Template at its core, the book explains the rationale of backward design and explores in greater depth the meaning of such key ideas as essential questions and transfer tasks. Readers will learn why the familiar coverage- and activity-based approaches to curriculum design fall short, and how a focus on the six facets of understanding can enrich student learning. With an expanded array of practical strategies, tools, and examples from all subject areas, the book demonstrates how the research-based principles of Understanding by Design apply to district frameworks as well as to individual units of curriculum.

Combining provocative ideas, thoughtful analysis, and tested approaches, this new edition of Understanding by Design offers teacher-designers a clear path to the creation of curriculum that ensures better learning and a more stimulating experience for students and teachers alike.

Butler, Steven F.: - Steven F. Butler has been an educator for over forty years. He has served as a teacher, elementary and secondary principal in both the public and Christian school sectors, assessment director, assistant superintendent, adjunct professor, and educational consultant. His experience and commitment to Christ have given him a unique perspective of the challenges that Christian schools face today. For more info visit www.stevenbutler-eds.com.

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ISBN 13	9781416600350
ISBN 10	1416600353
Title	Understanding by Design
Author	Grant Wiggins
Series	Professional Development Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Year published	2005-03-30
Number of pages	370
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.