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Understanding by Design by Wiggins, Grant P., 1950-; McTighe, Jay is a education title available to read on EtoBox.

What is Understanding by Design about?

What Is Understanding And How Does It Differ From Knowledge? How Can We Determine The Big Ideas Worth Understanding? Why Is Understanding An Important Teaching Goal, And How Do We Know When Students Have Attained It? How Can We Create A Rigorous And Engaging Curriculum That Focuses On Understanding And Leads To Improved Student Performance In Today S High-stakes, Standards-based Environment? Authors Grant Wiggins And Jay Mctighe Answer These And Many Other Questions In This Second Edition Of Understanding By Design. Drawing On Feedback From Thousands Of Educators Around The World Who Have Used The Ubd Framework Since Its Introduction In 1998, The Authors Have Greatly Revised And Expanded Their Original Work To Guide Educators Across The K 16 Spectrum In The Design Of Curriculum, Assessment, And Instruction. With An Improved Ubd Template At Its Core, The Book Explains The Rationale Of Backward Design And Explores In Greater Depth The Meaning Of Such Key Ideas As Essential Questions And Transfer Tasks. Readers Will Learn Why The Familiar Coverage- And Activity-based Approaches To Curriculum Design Fall Short, And How A Focus On The Six Facets Of Understanding Can Enrich Student Learn

Who reads Understanding by Design?

Author

Wiggins, Grant P., 1950-; McTighe, Jay

Publisher

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 (stock number 198199, members: $16.95, nonmembers: $20.95)

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780871208552

Category

education

Subjects

Education

Rating

3.9 / 5 (94 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14