Understanding by Design, Expanded Edition

Understanding by Design poses the core, essential questions of understanding and design, and provides readers with practical solutions for the teacher-designer.

The book opens by analysing the logic of backward design as an alternative to coverage and activity-oriented plans. Though backward from habit, this approach brings more focus and coherence to instruction. The text proposes a multifaceted approach, with the six "facets" of understanding. The facets combine with backward design to provide a powerful, expanded array of practical tools and strategies for designing curriculum, instruction, and assessments that lead students at all grade levels to genuine understanding.

The authors have successfully put together a text that demonstrates what best practice in the design of learning looks like, enhancing for its audience their capability for creating more engaging and effective learning, whether the student is a third grader, a college freshman, or a faculty member.

Author: Grant Wiggins,Jay McTighe
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 07/01/2005
Series: Merrill Education/ASCD College Textbooks
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.5lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780131950849
2nd Expanded Edition