5.a. Coursework for Backwards Design Course (9 Assignments)

Goal 5: Teachers facilitate student learning by using assessment to guide planning, instruction, and modification of teaching practice.

a. Understand how to plan for instruction that is based on student needs and curriculum goals.

b. Plan, teach, and assess for optimal student learning.

c. Value assessment and instruction as integrated processes.

5.a. Coursework for Backwards Design Course (9 Assignments)

Posted by Fiona Worcester on Thursday, June 23, 2011 Under: 5.a. Coursework for Backwards Design Course (9 Assignments)

For Tom Pennington's ED620 Curriculum Development course, we focused exclusively on the method called Backward Design, pioneered by Wiggins and McTighe. This method of unit and lesson planning focuses on determining the goals for student learning and how the students will be assessed, and then planning instruction "backwards" from there.

The coursework for this class serves as an excellent example of my demonstration of performance. 5.a., which requires that I "understand how to plan for instruction that is based on student needs and curriculum goals".

Backwards Design Coursework (9 assignments)

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