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The Understanding by Design Handbook | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jay Mctighe, Grant P. Wiggins, Grant Wiggins
Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 97282
Media: Spiral-bound
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 287
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9.8 x 1
ISBN: 0871203405
Dewey Decimal Number: 375
EAN: 9780871203403
ASIN: 0871203405
Publication Date: July 1, 1999
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What is understanding, and how does it differ from knowing? How will we know that students truly understand and can apply their knowledge in meaningful ways? How might we design our courses and units to emphasize understanding and "uncoverage" rather than "coverage"? These are questions that The Understanding by Design Handbook guides users in answering. The handbook is the companion book to Understanding by Design (ASCD, 1998). Understanding by Design provides the conceptual foundation for a theory of understanding that is based on six facets of understanding. The handbook offers the practical side: a unit planning template, worksheets, exercises, design tools, design standards and tests, and a peer review process for learning and applying the ideas in Understanding by Design. Following the logic of the authors' backward design approach, handbook materials show users how to plan curriculum, assessment, and instruction. The handbook was developed to assist educators interested in designing units and courses of study that focus on developing and deepening students' understanding. It is also intended to serve as a resource for undergraduate and graduate-level coursework and in-service professional development. Various users, including teachers (elementary through graduate levels), school-based administrators, curriculum directors, subject matter specialists, staff developers, and assessment-evaluation personnel, will benefit from these practical and proven ideas and resources.
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Understanding by Design: Workbook October 13, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 Bought it for school and still use it. October 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Understanding by design was recommended to me by one of my teachers. This book helped me understand how to approach lesson planning. Backwards design is an excellent way to design curriculum. The templates are very helpful, and almost mindless even. You just have to know what your goals are, and the templates help you do the rest.
I think they should come up with a computer program to make it even easier, but hey, writing is good practice. I rated it four stars, because I haven't found some of the information int he back too helpful- of course I haven't thoroughly read it. I guess it's there for something, but I'm a stickler for not including unnecessary information.
Understanding by Design July 21, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Clear user friendly guide for effective use of UbD for planning.
Understanding by Design: Professional Development Workbook
UbD PD workbook May 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have used this resource again and again when working with teachers who are either just starting out with unit design in a UbD framework, as well as with those who are quite familiar with the model. The templates and other tools are user-friendly and make the application of UbD much more straightforward than using the original text alone.
Backward design fan November 3, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
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