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Backwards Design
Activity-Oriented Teaching
Many teachers engage in “activity-oriented” teaching.
Activity-Oriented Teaching
Many teachers engage in “activity-oriented” teaching.
Select Activities
Activity-Oriented Teaching
Many teachers engage in “activity-oriented” teaching.
Select Activities
Develop Assessments
Activity-Oriented Teaching
Many teachers engage in “activity-oriented” teaching.
Select Activities
Develop Assessments
Identify Results
Activity-Oriented Teaching
No clear priorities or purposes
No clear connections between lessons or units
Select Activities
Develop Assessments
Identify Results
Backwards Design
Teacher as the designer of student learning.
A planning sequence for curriculum.
MetaphorsWeb designAutomotive designGarden design
Backwards Design
Identify Desired Results
Backwards Design
Identify Desired Results
What should students know, understand, and be able to do? What enduring understandings are desired?• Consider Big Ideas • Examine content standards (district, state & nat.) • Teacher/students interests
Backwards Design
Identify Desired Results
Determine Acceptable Evidence
Backwards Design
Identify Desired Results
Determine Acceptable Evidence
How will we know if students have achieved the desired results and met the standards? Consider a range of assessment methods:
Performance tasks / ProjectsQuizzes, testsObservations, work samples, dialoguesStudent self assessment
Backwards Design
Identify Desired Results
Determine Acceptable Evidence
Plan Learning Experiences and
Instruction
Backwards Design
Identify Desired Results
Determine Acceptable Evidence
Plan Learning Experiences and
Instruction
What activities will equip students with the needed knowledge and skills?
What materials and resources are best suited to accomplish these goals?
Backwards Design
Identify Desired Results
Determine Acceptable Evidence
Plan Learning Experiences and
Instruction
Select Activities
Develop Assessments
Identify Results
Activity-Oriented Teaching
Backwards Design
We will want to see evidence that you are using this approach in your lesson and unit planning.
First stage:Establishing Goals
Identifying Big IdeasExperiences, Patterns and ExplanationsExamining Standards
