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Intro & Ch. 1 Vocab
Vocabulary of Understanding by Design Text
Term | Definition |
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activity-oriented curriculum | students participate in a variety of hands-on activities |
coverage orientation | marching through the textbook irrespective of priorities, desired results, learner needs and interests, or apt assessment evidence |
twin sins | activity oriented curriculum and coverage oriented curriculum |
big idea | concept, theme, or issue that gives meaning and connection to discrete facts and skills |
curriculum (according to the book) | specific blueprint for learning that is derived from desired results |
assessment (according to the book) | act of determining the extent to which the desired results are on the way to being achieved and to what extent they have been achieved |
desired results | intended outcomes, achievement targets, or performance standards |
to understand | to make connections and bind together our knowledge into something that makes sense of things; not just knowing but being able to do |
design | to have purposes and intentions; to plan and execute |
content focused design | when a teacher chooses a topic, gathers a resource, and chooses a specific instructional method without focus on the result |
result focused design | when a teacher has a desired result in mind and plans a lesson to meet that specific result. |
three stages of backward design | identify desired results, determine acceptable evidence, plan learning experiences and instruction |
Stage 1 | Consider goals, examine established content standards, and review curriculum expectation; calls for clarity about priorities |
stage 2 | Think about unit or course in terms of collected assessment evidence needed to document and validate the desired learning has been achieved |
Stage 3 | Time to fully think through most appropriate instructional activities; instructional planning |
Elements of Stage 1 | G (established goals), U (understandings), Q (essential questions), K (students will know), & S (students will be able to) |
Elements of Stage 2 | T (performance tasks), OE (other evidence), SA (self Assessment/Reflection |
Elements of Stage 3 | WHERETO |
W in WHERETO | Where student is going, what is expected, where students are coming from |
H in WHERETO | Hook students, hold interests |
1st E in WHERETO | Equip students, help Experience key ideas, and Explore |
R in WHERETO | Rethink and Revise |
2nd E in WHERETO | Students Evaluate their work |
T in WHERETO | Tailored or personalized |
O in WHERETO | Organized |
3 ways Standards contribute to design work | reference point during design, use in self assessment and peer reviews, quality control of completed designs |