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Backwards Design
January 2012
Georgia Gwinnett College
Pam Allen and Bernie Peiffer, School of Education
Summarizing the work of :
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
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1. Identify desired results
2. Determine acceptable evidence
3. Plan learning experiences& instruction
3 Stages of Design, elaborated
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The big ideas of each stage:
Assessment Evidence
Learning Activities
Understandings Essential Questions
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Standard(s):
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Performance Task(s): Other Evidence:
Unpack ± focuson big ideas
Analyze multi plesources of evidence
I nstruc tion and learning tasks
What are the big ideas?
What¶s the evidence?
How will we get there?
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Structure of Knowledge: What exactly
are the Big Ideas ?
Factual Knowledge
Discrete Skills
Transferrable Concepts
Complex Processes
Principles
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So What Exactly is an
Enduring Understanding?
It can represent a big idea having enduring
value beyond the classroom.
It involves doing not viewing. Think in terms of:
± Between the lines
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Beyond the lines
± On the line
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Essential Questions
Essential questions
±Are arguable
±Reveal the heart of the discipline
±Recur - sustaining engaged inquiry
±Often raise other issues
±Provide for connected learning
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You·ve got to gobelow the surface...
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to uncover thereally ¶big ideas.·
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1. Identify desired results
2. Determine acceptable evidence
3. Plan learning experiences& instruction
3 Stages of Design:
Stage 2
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The big idea for Stage 2
Determination of Evidence
credible & helpful
are grounded in real-world applications Provide useful feedback
Are valid, reliable and aligned with course outcomes
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Two Questions about UbD Evidence
What performances and
products make meaning
transfer?
What assessment criteria
demonstrate the Desired
Results?
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Construction of Assessments using the
6 facets of Rigorous Understanding
You really understand when you can:
1. Explain
2. Interpret
3. Apply
4. Perspective5. Empathize
6. Self-Knowledge
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1. Identify desired results
2. Determine acceptable evidence
3. Plan learning experiences& instruction
3 Stages of Design:
Stage 3
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Think W. H. E. R. E. T. O.
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Rethink, Rehearse, Ref ine and Rev ise
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1. Identify desired results
2. Determine acceptable evidence
3. Plan learning experiences& instruction
3 Stages of Design: Stage 3:
Learning Experiences & Instruction
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Sources
Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (1998). Und erstanding by
Design. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2000 ). Und erstanding by
Design: Stud y Guid e. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Brown, J. L. (2004). Mak ing the Most of Und erstanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.