1. Introduction to Backwards Course Design
Slides excerpted from “Supporting student success in your teaching” session at March 2016 Changes Agents Workshop in Williamsburg, VA

11. Example Goals Students will understand plate tectonics.
Does the goal focus on higher-order thinking?
Is the goal student-focused?
Can you assess in multiple ways whether students have achieved the goal?
Students will understand plate tectonics.
Students will interpret unfamiliar tectonic settings based on landforms, seismicity, and volcanic activity.

12. Example Goals Students will learn to appreciate the natural world.
Does the goal focus on higher-order thinking?
Is the goal student-focused?
Can you assess in multiple ways whether students have achieved the goal?
Students will learn to appreciate the natural world.
Students will predict the weather given appropriate meteorological data.