Teaching Tip: Understanding by Design

April 20, 2012

Marmian Grimes

Understanding by Design (UBD) provides a flexible framework for the pragmatic  and thoughtful development of courses.  The process utilizes a “reverse engineering” approach, where one or two big ideas guide the development of activities through asking essential questions and determining the evidence of conceptual understanding and critical thinking.

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