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Understanding by Design
This page clearly explains the structure and rationale behind Understanding by Design (UbD). There is a video of Grant Wiggins, the co-creator of UbD.
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| Audience | Teacher, School Leader |
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| Purpose | Planning support, Evidence-based approaches, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Differentiated teaching, Questioning, Setting goals, Structuring lessons |
| Keywords | teaching strategy, understanding by design, backwards |
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| Organisation | Vanderbilt Center for Teaching |
| Copyright | © 2021 Vanderbilt University. Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0. |
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