The bottom-line goal of education is transfer. The point of school is not to simply excel in each class, but to be able to use one's learning in other settings. Accordingly,The Three Stages of Backward DesignThe UbD framework offers a three-stage backward design process for curriculum ...
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That is what Understanding by Design (UbD) is all about. It moves the teacher beyond teaching based on activities with no clear goals, to setting priorities that will help facilitate and coach understanding without giving the teacher a strict recipe to follow. The two main ideas in this ...
How are the learning theories used in UbD identified? What are the four steps in social learning theory? What learning theory is applied to the ADDIE model? How do learning theories help students? Is Krumboltz's theory built off of Bandura's theory of learning?
A great education is one that empowers today’s students to thrive in the wildly unpredictable world they will face when they are no longer in school. We are a group of young minds and experienced educationists who have a singular aim – equipping every student with the skills necessary to...
Learning theory in the classroom can be arduous or easy for some students and it is up to the teachers to supervise and help better their progression using models that change behavior. Learn more about learning theory, student learning, behaviorist models and cognitive learning theories. ...
Even if you’ve never heard the term “Understanding by Design”, UbD isn’t entirely foreign to you. Bits and pieces of this program are pervasive in the educator’s vocabulary. Here are some essential terms you’ve probably heard all over the education cyberworld and didn’t know came fr...
John Hattie– education research / education performance indicators, “Visible Learning” Jay McTighe– UbD founder and developer of backward planning, leadership, standards-based education reforms Michael Fullan– leadership, whole system change, pedagogies for deep learning ...
One of my skill sets is backward planning, and I am forever a fan ofUBD (Wiggins/McTighe), so I put together, with their help, a curated list of materials, and planned to incorporate the district’s scope and assessment focus/questions.I mention UBD because I can absolutely plan the bea...
It doesn’t matter how good the textbook is. My critique is not a critique of textbooks. (I have worked on over a half-dozen for Pearson, to infuse UbD). My critique is the use of books. A text–be it an algebra textbook orCatcher in the Rye–is a resource in support of clear ...