Understanding by Design

<p>Understanding by Design, or UbD, is an <a href="/facts/Educational_theory/Ta6UTGBb">educational theory</a> for curriculum design of a school subject, where planners look at the desired outcomes at the end of the study in order to design <a href="/facts/Curriculum/FEAlV1PH">curriculum</a> units, performance <a href="/facts/Educational_assessment/howrvhhV">assessments</a>, and classroom instruction. UbD is an example of <a href="/facts/Backward_design/Efds8wKn">backward design</a>, the practice of looking at the outcomes first, and focuses on teaching to achieve understanding. It is advocated by Jay  McTighe and Grant Wiggins (1950-2015) in their  <i>Understanding by Design</i> (1998), published by the <a href="/facts/Association_for_Supervision_and_Curriculum_Development/2ykfgTcG">Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development</a>. Understanding by Design and UbD are <a href="/facts/Registered_trademark/lLGeMyUG">registered trademarks</a> of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).
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Understanding by Design