Backward Design for Lesson Planning
aka Understanding by Design
Begin With the End In Mind
Backward Design
Backward design helps you to:
- decide what is worth knowing, understanding, and doing
- know clearly what you want the students to achieve
- decide what is acceptable evidence of understanding
- plan the most effective learning experiences to achieve the outcome
- avoid planning from activity-to-activity or day-to-day
- avoid getting off track
- avoid deciding on the assessment tasks at the end.
Backwards Design
Templates
Jaye Parks
Email: parksj@iss.k12.nc.us
Twitter: @JayeParks1