week 2 assignment 3

The presentations by Grant Wiggins on Understanding by Design left many impressions on the way I will plan and prepare my lessons in the future. Backward design is a method used to plan for instruction so that students can learn most effectively. There is a three-step process of the way we plan using backward design. The first step is to identify the goals and outcomes you want to see your students being able to do. In this step, the teacher uses the content of standards of curriculum and then decide what long-term goals do you have for the students with this knowledge or skill. In other words, what areas do you want to see a transfer of learning in? The next step is to determine the assessment tools necessary to determine that the goals were achieved by the students. This can be done through learning tasks which demonstrate the application of learning in new situations. Asking high – ordered thinking questions is a great way of assessing whether students understand the content and will be able to transfer it in the future. The final step is to plan for instruction. The teacher must implement components of the lesson that will give the students an understanding of the content and not just memorization of facts.

by using the backward design you will be prepared for every situation and question that will come up in a classroom. It’s about assuring that our students are thinking on a high level and deeply internalizing the information. It expands the interest of students no matter what level they are on academically. Using this process for planning my lessons will give me confidence that I am preparing my students in the best possible way for the long-term goal of education.