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What is Understanding by Design?
Understanding by Design (UbD) is a framework for improving student achievement and it emphasizes on the teacher's critical role as a designer of student learning. Developed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, they proposed a three-stage design process called "backward design" that delays the planning of classroom activities until goals have been clarified and assessments designed.
Yup.. since the questions provided can't fit in here.. hee.. I shall just share what i learnt from the lesson!
There are basically 3 stages of Backward Design:
1. Identify desired results (What do i want them to understand? What should they come away understanding?)
2. Determine acceptable evidence (What is the evidence of that understanding?)
3. Plan learning experiences and instruction/ strategies (What activities will develop the understanding?)
And personally, what struck me was what Miss Lian said about learning being about looking for patterns, identifying similarities and differences. Hence, as designers of our student's learning, we need to first identify these patterns ourselves and then, plan our lessons such that we can help our students see these relations and patterns.
What was also interesting was how Miss Lian likened teachers being doctors! =) haha.. and in our careers, we will meet different groups of patients such the outpatients (needs "medication" once in a while), the ones that need intensive care (needs extra "treatment" and attention) and finally the "coma-toes"( the hopeless ones that just can't respond to "Treatment")! hahaha.. Well.. I have never really looked at myself that way.. but it's an interesting perspective, isn't it? ^_^
Many students find geography difficult because they feel that it requires plenty of memorization, which is true ONLY if one looks at geography as a subject made up of many separate facts and information. However, if we can see the relationships between the different geographical concepts, we'll start to appreciate and understand the patterns that link the big ideas together under an enduring understanding statement, hence, giving us much lesser to study and remember! With the appropriate cues, we will be able to learn and remember much more easily! =) ISn't that cool! heh.. If only i knew... then my Secondary and Junior COllege mugging years would have been so much simpler and interesting! It's my wish to be able to use these strategies effectively to help my "patients" in the future! CAn sure save them a whole lot of "pain" and memorization! ;)
Understanding by Design (UbD) is a framework for improving student achievement and it emphasizes on the teacher's critical role as a designer of student learning. Developed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, they proposed a three-stage design process called "backward design" that delays the planning of classroom activities until goals have been clarified and assessments designed.
Yup.. since the questions provided can't fit in here.. hee.. I shall just share what i learnt from the lesson!
There are basically 3 stages of Backward Design:
1. Identify desired results (What do i want them to understand? What should they come away understanding?)
2. Determine acceptable evidence (What is the evidence of that understanding?)
3. Plan learning experiences and instruction/ strategies (What activities will develop the understanding?)
And personally, what struck me was what Miss Lian said about learning being about looking for patterns, identifying similarities and differences. Hence, as designers of our student's learning, we need to first identify these patterns ourselves and then, plan our lessons such that we can help our students see these relations and patterns.
What was also interesting was how Miss Lian likened teachers being doctors! =) haha.. and in our careers, we will meet different groups of patients such the outpatients (needs "medication" once in a while), the ones that need intensive care (needs extra "treatment" and attention) and finally the "coma-toes"( the hopeless ones that just can't respond to "Treatment")! hahaha.. Well.. I have never really looked at myself that way.. but it's an interesting perspective, isn't it? ^_^
Many students find geography difficult because they feel that it requires plenty of memorization, which is true ONLY if one looks at geography as a subject made up of many separate facts and information. However, if we can see the relationships between the different geographical concepts, we'll start to appreciate and understand the patterns that link the big ideas together under an enduring understanding statement, hence, giving us much lesser to study and remember! With the appropriate cues, we will be able to learn and remember much more easily! =) ISn't that cool! heh.. If only i knew... then my Secondary and Junior COllege mugging years would have been so much simpler and interesting! It's my wish to be able to use these strategies effectively to help my "patients" in the future! CAn sure save them a whole lot of "pain" and memorization! ;)
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