. . . . . . . . "Educational films"@en . . . . "Experts Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe explain the six facets of understanding and guide you through the steps of designing curricular units that promote students' deep content understanding. Interviews with teachers describe real-world applications of the unit-planning process. Classroom scenes show how the design process helps improve learning experiences and performance assessments in every grade level. Give teachers and other audiences a fascinating overview of the powerful concepts in Understanding by Design and help them design curriculum units that promote understanding."@en . . "Authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe discuss the nature of understanding and its implications for teaching. Based on their book of the same title." . "Workshop materials based on the book by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe (10 copies included). Explores the nature of understanding and its implications for teaching. Shows that designing lessons for understanding begins with what teachers want students to be able to do and proceeds to the evidence teachers will accept that they have learned it. Offers filters for each stage of the design process and criteria for essential questions. Proposes six facets of understanding and shows what each facet suggests about assessment. Considers implications for organization of the curriculum and for instruction. Intended for facilitators of study groups and action research teams, university instructors, and staff developers using Understanding by design as a basic text for a course, long-term workshop, study group, or action research effort."@en . . . . . . . . "Understanding by design" . . . "Understanding by design"@en . . . . . . . . .