Understanding by Design Framework

Understanding by Design Framework

1. Provides a common language for educators who are interested in promoting student understanding rather than formulaic knowledge or recall learning.

2. Focus on teaching and assessing for understanding and learning transfer.

3. Curriculum is planned backward. (output-process-input)

4. Offers a planning process and structure to guide curriculum, assessment, and instruction.

5. The UbD framework offers a three-stage backward design process for curriculum planning

   • Stage 1: Identify Desired Results
     • It is basically the output, what we want students, in the end, to be able to do with what they have learned. Stage 1 focuses on “transfer of learning.”
   • Stage 2: Determine Assessment Evidence
     • It is the process, In stage 2, we distinguish between two broad types of assessment: performance tasks and other evidence, in this stage we have six facets of understanding for assessment purposes.
       • Facets of understanding for assessment, Students:
         • Can explain
           • Can interpret
             • Can apply
         • Demonstrate perspective
           • Display emphaty
             • Have self-knowledge
   • Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction
     • It is the input, in this stage of backward design, teachers plan the most appropriate lessons and learning activities to address the different types of goals identified in stage 1: transfer, meaning making, and acquisition.