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| "Get Real!" Assessing for Quantitative Literacy by Grant P. Wiggins |
| Grant Wiggins speaks out about assessment in mathematics. The article is posted on the site of SAUM- Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics. |
| http://www.maa.org/saum/articles/wigginsbiotwocol.htm |
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| BOOKS: |
| "ASSESSING Student Performance: Exploring the Purpose and Limits of Testing" |
| by Grant P. Wiggins: 1993 published by Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA.
Grant Wiggins clarifies the limits of testing in an assessment system and effectively makes his case that school based assessments should improve student performance, not just audit. Wiggins points the way toward new procedures for assessment that more closely examine students habits of mind and provide teachers and policy makers with more useful and credible feedback. The hardcover is just over 300 pages including an extensive bibliography and comprehensive index |
| http://www.jossey-bass.com |
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| "Reflective Analysis of Student Work : Improving Teaching Through Collaboration"
by Norene J. Bella |
| Our colleague Jay McTighe recommended this book. It is based on teacher reflectons on"Understanding by Design" and the work of Schlechty and Costa. |
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| "Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook" |
| by Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe: 2004 published by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Alexandria, VA. UbD Professional Development Workbook extends the ideas presented in Understanding by Design (UbD) by focusing on professional development and the practical matters of curriculum design. The workbook is a quide for UbD workshops and undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as further independent explorations. It provides a valuable resource to educators in developing curricula and assessments with a focus on developing and deepening students' understanding of important ideas |
| http://shop.ascd.org/ |
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| "Educative Assessment" |
| by Grant P. Wiggins: 1998 published by Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA.In this book, Grant Wiggins outlines design standards for performance-based assessments that promise students- no matter what their ability- clear and worthy performance targets, useful feedback, coaching, and the opportunity to progress towards excellence.
As practical as it is provocative, Educative Assessment furnishes the information needed to design performance-based assessments, craft performance tasks that meet rigorous educational standards, score assessments fairly, and structure student portfolios. It also shows how performance assessment can be used to improve curriculum and instruction, grading, and reporting, as well as teacher accountability. |
| http://www.jossey-bass.com |
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| "Understanding by Design" |
| by Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe: 1999 published by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Alexandria, VA. Winner of a 1999 EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award!
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What is understanding and how does it differ from knowing? What do we want students to understand and be able to do? What enduring knowledge is worth understanding? How will we know that students truly understand and can apply knowledge in a meaningful way? How can we design our courses and units to emphasize understanding and "uncoverage" rather than "coverage"?
Understanding by Design explores these questions and provides practical solutions for the teacher-designer. The book opens by analyzing the logic of backward design as an alternative to coverage and activity-oriented plans. Though backward from habit, this approach brings more focus and coherence to instruction. Authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe propose a multifaceted approach, with the six "facets" of understanding. The facets combine with backward design to provide a powerful, practical framework for designing curriculum, assessment, and instruction.
Understanding by Design also offers practical design tools, including: criteria for selecting "big ideas" worthy of deep understanding; strategies for framing units of study around essential questions; a continuum of assessment methods for determining the degree to which students understand; and the WHERE framework, which enhances student engagement and "rethinking." The book concludes with a unit design template and standards to support quality control at the local level. Understanding by Design will help educators enhance their understanding of understanding, so that the curriculum and assessments they design truly focus on enhancing the understanding of their students. |
| http://shop.ascd.org |
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| "The Understanding by Design Handbook" |
| by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe: 1999 published by The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) This is the companion handbook to the text of the same name. It offers the practical side: a unit planning template, worksheets, exercises, design tools, design standards and tests, and a peer review process for learning and applying the ideas in Understanding by Design. Following the logic of the authors' backward design approach, handbook materials show users how to plan curriculum, assessment, and instruction.
The handbook was developed to assist educators interested in designing units and courses of study that focus on developing and deepening students' understanding. It is also intended to serve as a resource for undergraduate and graduate-level coursework and inservice professional development. Various users, including teachers (elementary through graduate levels), school-based administrators, curriculum directors, subject matter specialists, staff developers, and assessment-evaluation personnel, will benefit from these practical and proven ideas and resources. |
| http://shop.ascd.org |
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| WEBSITES: |
| Web sites that support UbD |
| Click here for a full list of web sites that support Understanding By Design comprised by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins. |
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| The History Channel |
| This aptly named web site relates to TV's history channel. The site provides information about available programming and also offers an in-depth chronological history of the world. User-friendly, interesting and informative.
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| http://www.historychannel.com/ |
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| Schoolwork.org |
| This page is a hodge-podge of links to just about any and all information for the Internet-not-too savvy; from subject content-areas (including links to on-line encyclopedias) to student loans and financial aid. It is a good starting point for web-based research and worth the visit if you have the time to explore. |
| http://www.schoolwork.org/index.htm |
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| MSN Learning & Research: Homework |
| This site is a good starting place for students seeking help in completing
their homework- from elementary to graduate school. In addition to hints and suggestions on how to work and study more effectively, there are on-line links to tutors in just about every content-area. There also is a new Back-to-School Guide that promises - everything students and parents need at back-to-school time: i.e. tips and tools, homework help, advice for parents, back-to-school products guide, and more.
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| http://encarta.msn.com/homework/ |
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| Shakespeare on Shakespeare |
| This website provides a comprehensive list of Shakespeare-related weblinks. It was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the top fifteen literary websites and one of the three hundred best web sites in the world. |
| http://daphne.palomar.edu/Shakespeare/ |
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