Ideas, insights, and inspiration from the
Authentic Education Team
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.
Unpacking world language standards into what we want our students to KNOW (knowledge) and be able to DO (skills) narrows our focus.
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.
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from – How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking, Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin, 2014: […]
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by Eric Cook Andrew Kern, President of the CiRCE Institute, once said, “The quality of your […]
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