http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/understanding?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "understanding" on Netvouz http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.b71d101a2f7c208cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/template.book?bookMgmtId=eadc6f98543c2010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, This books explains Understanding by Design, presents research related to how "understanding" promotes transfer. Chapter and intro online. See also the related Professional Development Workbook. ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Mon, 05 Sep 2005 11:54:46 GMT http://www.amazon.com/Powerful-Learning-About-Teaching-Understanding/dp/0470276673/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top In Powerful Learning, Linda Darling-Hammond and an impressive list of co-authors offer a clear, comprehensive, and engaging exploration of the most effective classroom practices. They review, in practical terms, teaching strategies that generate meaningful K–2 student understanding, and occur both within the classroom walls and beyond. The book includes rich stories, as well as online videos of innovative classrooms and schools, that show how students who are taught well are able to think critically, employ flexible problem-solving, and apply learned skills and knowledge to new situations. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Engaging Students and Multiculturalism jgordon Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:17:16 GMT http://www.cloquet.k12.mn.us/Assets/9294.ppt This 2002 Powerpoint presentation by UBD presents the "big ideas" of the model. Instead of opening, save the file in a powerpoint to view the presentation ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:13:03 GMT http://www.ubdexchange.org/ OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR UBD!!! Subscription site. The Understanding by Design Exchange is a cooperative Web site devoted to the development and peer review of curriculum units. ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Thu, 04 Aug 2005 20:28:03 GMT http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.b66696ac45f924addeb3ffdb62108a0c/ Understanding by Design (UbD) is a framework for designing curriculum units, performance assessments, and instruction that lead your students to deep understanding of the content you teach. The UBD Professional Development Workbook is very teacher friendly and an POWERFUL resource. ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:57:56 GMT http://atlas.arcc.org/Understanding%20By%20Design%20Unit%20Template.doc This is the Unit/lesson planning template for the UBD instructional design ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:43:53 GMT http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?categoryid=books&productid=103055 This is the comprehensive text for the UBD design. Since 1998, thousands of educators have used Understanding by Design to answer these questions and create more rigorous and engaging curriculums. Now, this expanded second edition gives you even more tools and strategies for results-oriented teaching: Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Aligning Programs to Assessments jgordon Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:20:31 GMT http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/2005%20Summer%20Conference/SC%202005%20GS%20Handouts-Wiggins.pdf The handouts from the powerpoint presentation by Grant Wiggins at the ASCD 2005 conference UBD and DI. ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:26:11 GMT http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/2005%20Summer%20Conference/SC%202005%20GS%20Handouts-McTighe-Edited.pdf Handouts from Jay McTighe's powerpoint presentation at the ASCD UBD and DI 2005 summer conference ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:24:29 GMT http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/2005%20Summer%20Conference/SC%202005%20GS%20Handouts-Tomlinson-Deleted%20Slides.pdf Handouts from the presentation by Carol Ann Tomlinson at the 2005 ASCD UBD and DI 2005 conference ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:38:30 GMT