Backwards Planning in Education

The video tutorial explains the concept of backwards planning, also known as backwards design or understanding by design. It involves setting goals and outcomes for the end of the year or unit and designing lessons to achieve them. The process includes breaking down standards into verbs, knowledge, and skills, writing objectives, sequencing them in a cognitive hierarchy, and planning individual lessons with a mastery check aligned to state assessments. The tutorial provides an example of applying this method to a sixth-grade math standard.

What is another term for backwards planning?

• Forward design

• Curriculum mapping

• Lesson planning

• Understanding by Design

In backwards planning, what should be decided first?

• Classroom rules

• Goals and outcomes

• Assessment methods

• Lesson activities

What should be the focus when designing instructional practices in backwards planning?

• Student interests

• End-of-year goals

• Teacher preferences

• Available resources

What is the first step in backwards planning?

• Designing assessments

• Setting goals and outcomes

• Choosing teaching materials

• Scheduling lessons

What is the first step in applying backwards planning to a standard?

• Creating a lesson plan

• Breaking it into verbs, knowledge, and skills

• Designing assessments

• Choosing classroom materials

What is the purpose of breaking a standard into verbs, knowledge, and skills?

• To simplify the standard

• To create a detailed lesson plan

• To understand the components needed for mastery

• To reduce teaching time

What is included in the formula for writing lesson objectives?

• Verb, knowledge, skill, and demonstration component

• Subject, verb, and object

• Introduction, body, and conclusion

• Goal, plan, and assessment

What is the role of the 'buy component' in lesson objectives?

• To purchase classroom materials

• To organize group activities

• To demonstrate student mastery

• To evaluate teacher performance

What should be the starting point when sequencing objectives?

• The objective closest to the standard

• The objective with the most resources

• The most complex objective

• The easiest objective

What is the benefit of using a cognitive hierarchy in sequencing objectives?

• It focuses on student interests

• It simplifies lesson planning

• It ensures objectives build towards the standard

• It reduces the number of objectives