The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Units

For K-16 teachers, graduate and undergraduate students, administrators, curriculum directors, and others, Wiggins, a former teacher and an educational consultant who specializes in reform, and McTighe, who has been a teacher, resource specialist, program coordinator, and education director, share eight instructional modules on the basic concepts and elements of Understanding by Design, an approach used by teachers to create curriculum and assessments that focus on developing students' understanding of important ideas. Modules are meant to improve skills in designing units of study based on the framework and direct readers through the process. They are organized by the basic to complicated elements of the UbD Template version 2.0, with key ideas, exercises and worksheets (also online), design tips, examples, and review criteria with self-assessment prompts. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)