nullUnderstanding UnderstandingUnderstanding UnderstandingDr. Robert Mayes
University of Wyoming
Science and Mathematics Teaching Center
rmayes2@uwyo.edu*Understanding by DesignUnderstanding by DesignAuthors: Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins
ASCD materials – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Understanding by Design Handbook will serve as basis for many of our activities in assessment*http://www.tjhlxs.com/ 钢丝管 增强管 食品管 食品钢丝管 http://www.u51688.com http://www.qiwhy.comEstablishing NormsEstablishing NormsOpen-mindedness
Curiosity
Discovery
Sincerity
Brevity
Engagement
Connections*Understanding UnderstandingUnderstanding UnderstandingThough we claim as teachers to be after understanding, we may not adequately understand our goal
Knowledge is different than Understanding
Knowledge can be rote – correct beliefs
Understanding is fluid, transferable to new contexts, transformable into new theories - insight
*Understanding UnderstandingUnderstanding UnderstandingWas the banker a good teacher?
What characteristics of good teaching did he display?
What are common teaching design errors?
Activity-focused teaching
Coverage-focused teaching
*Some basic termsSome basic termsWhat is assessment versus evaluation?
What are standards versus objectives?
What does it mean to know versus understand?
*Understanding UnderstandingUnderstanding UnderstandingUnderstanding is difficult to measure
Teachers often satisfied with signs of apparent understanding – such as performing an algorithm
Student misconceptions are persistent
High-stakes testing makes determining understanding more pressing
Cat and mouse game – give students incentive to seem to understand what they are supposed to learn
*Understanding UnderstandingUnderstanding UnderstandingAttempts to teach for understanding must answer
If correct answers can offer inadequate or misleading evidence of understanding, or if good test results can hide misunderstanding, then what is genuine understanding?
How does genuine understanding manifest itself?
How can design more effectively and reliably reveal genuine understanding?
*Understanding UnderstandingUnderstanding UnderstandingProvide a definition of what understanding means to you
Bloom (1956): ability to marshal skills and facts wisely and appropriately, through effective application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
Wiggins and McTighe (2005) 6 facets of understanding
perform - explain, interpret, apply
gain insight – perspective, empathize, self-knowledge*Cognitive Science and UnderstandingCognitive Science and UnderstandingTransfer: applying facts and skills in novel situations
Pattern recognition
Enduring understandings are the basis of transfer
Metacognition: self-assessment, self-awareness, self-regulation
3 pathologies of mislearning are amnesia (we forget), fantasia (we don’t understand that we don’t understand), and inertia (we are unable to use what we learn)
*Cognitive Science and UnderstandingCognitive Science and UnderstandingMisconceptions: (buggy literature) mapping of a working idea in a plausible but incorrect way in a new situation – consistent error
Conceptual Benchmarks – must understand the likelihood that big ideas will be misconceived
Expert Blind Spot: if it teach it, they will learn it – basis in Piaget concept of encapsulation
*Six Facets of UnderstandingSix Facets of Understanding3 Facets represent performances one with understanding can do
Explain – provide thorough, supported, and justifiable accounts of phenomena, facts, and data (theoretical, explain why)
Interpret – tell meaningful stories, offer apt translations, provide revealing historical or personal dimension to ideas and events, (personal, what does it mean to me)
Apply – effectively use and adapt what one knows in diverse contexts (pragmatic, how can I use it)*Six Facets of UnderstandingSix Facets of Understanding3 Facets represent types of insights one has
Perspective – see points of view through critical eyes and ears, see the big picture (dispassionate, whose point of view)
Empathize – find value in what others might find odd, alien, or implausible, perceive sensitivity on the basis of prior direct experience (passionate, what are you feeling)
Self-knowledge – perceive personal style, prejudices, projections, and habits of mind that both shape and impede one’s own understanding, be aware of what one does not understand (introspective, my prejudices)*Backward Design ProcessBackward Design ProcessBackward design can be thought of as:
Purposeful task analysis – Given a task to be accomplished, how does one get there?
Planned Coaching – What kinds of lessons and practices are needed to master key performances?*Backward Design ProcessBackward Design ProcessTypical Teacher Design
Begin with text, favorite lesson, time honored activity
Derive targeted goals and standards
Backward Design
Begin with desired result (goal or standard)
Derive curriculum based on the evidence of learning
Think like an assessor – begin with a question, operationalize goals or standards in terms of assessment*Backward Design ProcessBackward Design ProcessThree Stages of Backward Design (HO: 6 page UbD Unit Template)Stage 1: Identify
desired resultsStage 2: Determine
acceptable evidenceStage 3: Plan learning
experiences and
instruction*Backward Design ProcessBackward Design ProcessStage 1: Identify Desired Results
Consider goals
Examine content standards
Review curriculum expectations
More content than can be covered so we are obliged to make choices
What should students know, understand and be able to do?
What is worthy of understanding?
What enduring understandings are desired?*Backward Design ProcessBackward Design ProcessStage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence
Think like an assessor – consider up front, How we will determine if students have attained desired understanding
Consider a range of assessment methods
Performance tasks to measure understanding
Traditional assessments (quizzes, tests) to assess essential knowledge and skills contributing to performance
Self-assessment and peer-assessment*Backward Design ProcessBackward Design ProcessStage 3: Plan Learning Experience and Instruction
Specifics of instructional planning occur after desired results and assessments are identified
Key Questions
What enabling knowledge and skills will students need to perform effectively and achieve desired results?
What activities will equip students with the needed knowledge and skills?*Backward Design ProcessBackward Design ProcessStage 3: Plan Learning Experience and Instruction
Key Questions
What will need to be taught and coached, and how should it best be taught, in light of performance goals?
What materials and resources are best suited to accomplish these goals?
Is the overall design coherent and effective?*nullDr. Robert Mayes
University of Wyoming
Science and Mathematics Teaching Center
rmayes2@uwyo.edu*
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