BACKWARD DESIGN 

 Wiggins & McTighe Model 

  Travis Thurston | Instructional Designer, USU
  travis.thurston@usu.edu

 In 1998 Wiggins and McTighe
 introduced the idea of (UbD)
Understanding by Design

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A curriculum process that suggests learning 
 be planned with the final outcome in mind 

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 How do we ensure students learn the important stuff

 How do students know

what's worth understanding 

Standards

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Traditional Curriculum Design

VS

Backward Design

  Name the topic of a

  lesson plan you've created

Lesson plans required 

by administration?

#1

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