1. Adapted from Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe

2. Identify desired results Determine acceptable evidence Plan learning experiences and instruction 1 2 3

3. 3 We Need Students Who Can Think

4. Acquisition of knowledge and skill Ability to Make Meaning Transfer of knowledge to new situations 4

5. Transfer Acquire Make Meaning Learn for Understanding 5

6.  A Focus on Design  “Backward” from understanding-based goals  A Focus on Understanding  Big Ideas grasped and transfer of learning as the goal of education 6

7. 7  Application of Knowledge---transfer  Think in terms of the Big Ideas  Depth  Timely specific feedback  Performance-based assessment- “Real World”  Self-assessment  Open-ended questions  Understandings/Generalizations  Inquiry- Active Learning

8. “The capacity to apply facts, concepts, and skills in new situations in appropriate ways. -----Dr. Howard Gardner Handouts Pg. 26

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13. 13 You’ve got to go below the surface...

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15. 15 “Breadth over Depth” ----------------Was the Old Approach

16. 16 Think About This!

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18. 18 Think About This!

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22. 22 Work Smarter not Harder Plan for Success

23. 23 STAGE 1: STAGE 3: STAGE 2: U Q G T OE L It doesn’t matter where you begin or how you proceed - as long as the design ends up with all elements aligned! Design process is non-linear

24. ‘big ideas’ worth understanding important to know & do Performance tasks and projects Open ended Complex authentic worth being familiar with Traditional quizzes and tests Paper/pencil Selected-response Constructed response

25. 25 Enduring Understanding  Framed as a generalization  The Big Picture/Big Idea  Something beyond the specific content  The heart of the discipline

26. 26  The “Aha”  The Moral of the Story  Insight into the Standards (Unpacking)  The “forevers”

27. 27 Simple Facts Definitions The Obvious Trite Statements The “Duh” Factor

28. 28 1.Laws and rules prevent chaos. 2.Fairy tales often illustrate profound philosophical truths 3.The words of poetry stir up feelings and ideas in the reader or listener. 4.In music the silence is as important as the notes. 5.Mathematics is a language consisting of symbols and rules. 6.Living things grow and change, sometimes in predictable patterns

29. SkillUnderstanding Reading textThe author’s meaning in a story is rarely explicit; one must read between the lines. Creating scoring opportunities in soccerOne needs to create space, spreading the defense as broadly and deeply as possible Asking directions in SpanishKnowing whether or not one has been understood requires attention to nonverbal as well as to verbal feedback. Speaking presuasively in publicPersuasion often involves an emotional appeal to the particular wishes, needs, hopes, and fears of an audience, irrespective of how logical and rational the argument. From the Understanding by Design Handbook p. 89

30. http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php ?viewkey=40c570a322f1b0b65909