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Understanding By Design Resources

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Connecting Differentiated Instruction, Understanding by Design and What Works in Schools: An Exploration of Research-Based Strategies (DVD)

 

Articles

Members can access the full text of all articles by logging in to myASCD.

Educational Leadership

 Put Understanding First (May 2008) (free full text)

 You Can Teach For Meaning (September 2004)

 Backward Design for Forward Action (February 2003)

Books

See free sample chapters, study guides, and author interviews.

 Schooling By Design (2007)

 Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design: Connecting Content and Kids (2006)

 Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition (2005)

 Making the Most of Understanding by Design (2004)

 Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook (2004)

Professional Development Online Courses

 Understanding By Design: An Introduction (2003)

 Understanding By Design: The Backward Design Process (2003)

 Understanding by Design: The Six Facets of Understanding (2003)

 

Workshops

 Understanding By Design: Beginning the Journey. San Diego, Calif., January 22–24, 2009

 Understanding By Design: Teaching for Understanding. Orlando, Fla., March 11–13, 2009

 Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design: How Do They Work Together? Orlando, Fla., March 12–13, 2009

 Understanding by Design: Beginning the Journey. Houston, Tex., June 25, 2009

 Schooling by Design: Mission, Action, and Achievement. Houston, Tex., June 25, 2009

Videos

See sample clips.

 Connecting Differentiated Instruction, Understanding by Design and What Works in Schools: An Exploration of Research-Based Strategies (2008)

 Moving Forward with Understanding by Design DVD and Facilitator's Guide (2007)

 Understanding by Design DVD (2000)

 

Mixed Media

 Schooling By Design: An ASCD Action Tool

 

Online Services

 Understanding By Design Exchange

 

Go further in mapping your curriculum with help from ASCD's international partner, Rubicon. Atlas by Rubicon is curriculum mapping software that utilizes the UbD framework. Learn more at www.rubicon.com.

 
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