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Since its founding in 2002 by the late Grant Wiggins, co-author of the Understanding by Design® […]
Frameworks like UbD and PBL have been instrumental in shifting ways in which we organically incorporate assessments and feedback.
Students engage more and are more motivated when they realize their impact on the world through direct community involvement.
UbD helps us think beyond test scores and memorization to better support students develop thinking and questioning skills that will benefit them in the future.
UbD helps us think beyond test scores and memorization to better support students develop thinking and questioning skills that will benefit them in the future.
“Am I doing this right??” Is a nervous refrain I’ve heard from teachers a lot more […]
Unpacking world language standards into what we want our students to KNOW (knowledge) and be able to DO (skills) narrows our focus.
One of the most powerful tools educators have is asking ourselves “How do I know?” We must interrogate evidence we come across even in our own classrooms.
In my last post, I talked about my journey to understanding how language instruction fits into […]
A primary goal of UbD is to make meaning of learning by way of “big ideas” and to transfer learning and this can be applied to all subject areas.
EdWeek’s “The Teaching Profession in 2022 (in Charts)” article by Madeline Will explored the challenges that […]
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