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Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook extends the ideas presented in Understanding by Design (UbD) by focusing on professional development and the practical matters of curriculum design. The Workbook is a guide for Understanding by Design workshops and undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as further independent exploration. It provides a valuable resource to educators in developing curricula and assessments with a focus on developing and d… More >>
Understanding by Design: Professional Development Workbook
In order for us as educators to effectively assess our students, we must decipher how our students learn and understand.
That’s essentially what McTighe and Wiggins help us do here. I also bought their textbook for a course I took in Assessment. It was fascinating.
This book, along with the textbook is very useful in Unit Planning and shows its readers how to effectively use the “backward design” technique. Teachers, I can only describe the technique as assessment the way WE think it should be.
This handbook is a step-by-step guide with tons of reproducibles.
Very useful find for planning the school year!
Rating: 5 / 5
One of my pet peeves is books on applied topics that talk about theory but can not bridge the theory to application. This handbook does a great job of assisting educators from going from the ideas of backward instructional design to implementing these ideas in actually developing educational plans.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m re-reading this fabulous resource as I start my fifth year of teaching since it keeps me focused on what I’m teaching and how to most appropriately assess how my students can apply their knowledge. The details and worksheets in this workbook help me put the book into practice day to day. Thanks Jay.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book complements in practical form the ideas presented in Understanding by Design (UbD). I am using this book as a guide for the design of courses online in higher education. Both have been a wonderful aid to rationalize the amount of resources that I must include in the courses online that I am developing. They are effective tools to determine in concise form and practices the synchronous or asynchronous activities that must make the learners as it demonstrates the intentions reached from the “big idea”. I recommend them widely to obtain the deep learning.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book not only provides clear examples of the work that it supplements, it is effective for planning beyond lessons alone. It enables one to plan for school wide or system level comprehensive approaches. An excellent application of the “Begin With the End in Mind” as advocated by Stephen Covey’s work.
Rating: 5 / 5