Understanding by Design – Chapter 1 – Backward Design

  • The “twin sins of traditional design”: activity-based (engaging activities on a topic) and coverage-based (get through the course content) design
  • The three stages: 20150302-210509.jpg
  • references to previous theorists, difference here is the explanation of a process, tools, templates etc to help successfully implement the UbD approach
  • 1-page template with design questions for teachers – gives an overview of an entire unit
  • design standards as quality control
  • valuable tool for self-assessment, peer-review
  • case study example
  • assessment are “teaching targets”
  • teaching enables performance
  • The UbD Design Matrix