Understanding By Design

Author: Grant Wiggins Edition: 2nd Expanded ISBN: 1416600353 Number Of Pages: 370 Publisher: Assn. for Supervision & Curriculum Development Details: Drawing on feedback from thousands of educators around the world who have used the UbD framework since its introduction in 1998, the authors have greatly revised and expanded their original work to guide educators across the K-16 spectrum in the design of curriculum, assessment, and instruction. With an improved UbD Template at its core, the book explains the rationale of backward design and explores in greater depth the meaning of such key ideas as essential questions and transfer tasks.