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Science and Technology - Ontario
www.edu.gov.on.ca“Big Ideas” Big ideas “go beyond discrete facts or skills to focus on larger concepts, principles, or processes.” Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, Understanding by Design(1998), p. 10 “Big ideas” are the broad, important understandings that students should retain long
Gifted & Talented/ Enrichment Curriculum
www.chesterfieldschool.comThe Chesterfield School District has adopted the Understanding by Design (UbD) format to ... units of study are project-based and thematic, and they allow for discovery, open-endedness and ... (sample questions could include occupation-related, morals/values, advice about life,
UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN FRAMEWORK BY JAY …
www.ascd.orgBackward Design The UbD framework offers a three-stage backward design process for curriculum planning, and includes a template and set of design tools that embody the process. A key concept in UbD framework is align-ment (i.e., all three stages must clearly align not only to standards, but also to one another). In other words, the Stage 1 con-
UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN FRAMEWORK BY JAY …
ascd.orgning process and structure to guide curriculum, assessment, and instruction. Its two key ideas are contained in the title: 1) focus on teaching and assessing for understanding and learning transfer, and 2) design curriculum “backward” from those ends. …