Understanding by design
Title:
Understanding by design
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Summary:
Explores six different facets of understanding; examines ways to design curriculums to engage students in exploring and deepening their understanding of important ideas; and discusses how to design assessments that reveal the extent of student understanding.
Year Published:
1998
Physical Description:
viii, 201 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
What is backward design? -- What is a matter of understanding? -- Understanding understanding -- The six facets of understanding -- Thinking like an assessor -- How is understanding assessed in light of the six facets? -- What is uncoverage? -- What the facets imply for unit design -- Implications for organizing curriculum -- Implications for teaching -- Putting it all together : a design template.
Grade Interest level:
Adult.
Program Information:
Teacher Resource Adult
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780871203137
Publisher:
Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c1998.
