Who are the creators of the UbD planning template?
Who are McTighe and Wiggins
100
How many stages of planning are included in the UbD template?
What is three
100
This stage of planning in the UbD is the LEAST responsive to differentiation
What is Stage 1 - Desired Results
100
Educators who become fluent with the physical backwards planning template often develop a ...
What is a mental planning template
200
One of the biggest hurdles educators face in choosing what to teach over the course of a year, due to an overwhelming amount of standards, benchmarks, curricula, and textbooks.
What is content overload
200
One of the "twin sins", more common in high school and college, where a teacher attempts to get the class through all of the content in a curriculum or textbook
What is coverage
200
This category in the UbD template includes traditional assessments such as quizzes, tests, and essays.
What is "other evidence"
200
This stage of planning in the UbD is the MOST responsive to differentiation
What is Stage 3 - the Learning Plan
200
The nouns in a standard or benchmark often point to the ...
What are the "big ideas" and/or essential questions
300
Approximately how many extra years of public schooling students would need to cover all the standards and benchmarks that existed in 1998
What is 9 years (Marguerite would still be in high school!)
300
One of the "twin sins", more common in elementary and middle schools, where instruction and tasks may be fun and engaging, but do not necessarily lead to the connections to for long-term retention
What is activity-oriented instruction
300
This category in the UbD template requires teachers to plan different ways for students to demonstrate proficiency by applying their learning to authentic or real-world situations
What are "performance tasks"
300
The verbs in a standard or benchmark often suggest ...
What are the appropriate assessments
400
McTighe and Wiggins suggest that educators should plan focusing on the core processes and "big ideas" of content standards, which are framed around ...
What are essential (or driving) questions
400
The stage in backwards unit planning that takes into consideration what enabling knowledge and skills students will need to demonstrate proficiency
What is Stage 3 - Plan learning experiences and instruction
400
This stage may be differentiated to either fit the wording of the standard and the abilities of the students
What is Stage 2 assessment
500
The ideas, concepts, and knowledge we want our students to have retained years from our lessons
What are enduring understandings
500
The stage of backwards unit planning where the teacher takes into consideration how they will measure whether or not students have achieved their learning goals
What is Stage 2 - Determining acceptable evidence
500
The mnemonic that describes the Stage 3 - Learning Plan section of the UbD template
What is WHERETO
500
Differentiated methods of assessment may best suit different students, but a teacher must make sure to use the same ______ to ensure that learners are understanding the big ideas and essential questions
What is criteria
500
Which of the following bands are (perhaps unfairly) NOT considered part of the "Big 4" of 80's thrash metal?
Megadeth ....
Testament ...
or .... Anthrax