Integrating DI/UbD, Chapter 10

Abstract/Summary

In this chapter there were three basic parts; these parts were the desired results, the achievement goals and the assessment. The authors first integrate the UbD/DI model into the three stages, then to the teacher, and then to the district. They discussed how we have to have the three basic parts in mind when designing, teaching, and assessing concepts. This chapter was a reminder to stay on task and not tangent off into subjects and concepts that will confuse and contradict.

Reflection

This chapter was an impressive showing of integrating the UbD/DI model into the different areas and the importance of staying on track and keeping the goal of learning in mind. We've all had teachers that could go off and rant and converse with us about subjects not pertaining to the material they were teaching and we loved them all, but the good ones (who also happened to be the ones we actually learned from) were able to bring it around and either relate it to their material or just go back to their material and we, as students, never minded. We have to be those teachers and do what students need in order to keep their attentions and engage them in learning.