
Use the tips and advice from the third tape in the Understanding by Design video series to ensure that your curriculum units are more apt to lead to greater student understanding of content. Discover how to expand on the design process across the curriculum to save time and quickly build your lesson and unit collection. Hear program authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe explain techniques for refining unit planning, including: peer review, implementation, feedback, and revision.
Learn design standards and key questions that will help ensure the quality of your curriculum. Visit a unit design revision meeting to observe the refinement process in action and see how teachers share their tips for fine-tuning a unit. The program also explores how teachers can shorten design time and eliminate reinventing the wheel by sharing their unit designs through the Understanding by Design Exchange Web site database.
(ASCD video, 2000) One 25-minute videotape.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: A facilitator's guide does NOT accompany the videotape. This video program is a component of the Understanding by Design (UBD) Series developed with Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.
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