the importance of big ideas and assessments in backward design

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1、TheImportanceofBigIdeasandAssessmentsinBackwardDesign　　【Abstract】Backwarddesignisamethodofdesigningeducationalcurriculumbysettinggoalsbeforechoosinginstructionalmethodsandformsofassessments.Inbackwarddesign，bigideasareimportantbecausetheyarekeystounderstanding.Andteachersmustthinkcare

2、fullyaboutthedesiredresultsandthenworkbackwardtodevelopmeaningfulassessmentsandlearningplans.ThisessayfocusesonanalyzingtheimportanceofbigideasandassessmentsinbackwarddesignandtheapplicationinESLteaching.　　【Keywords】backwarddesign；bigideas；curriculum；assessment　　Introduction　　Theideao

3、fbackwarddesigncomesfromWiggins&McTigheandsuggeststhatlearningexperiencesshouldbeplannedwiththefinalassessmentinmind.Backwarddesignisamethodofdesigningeducationalcurriculumbysettinggoalsbeforechoosinginstructionalmethodsandformsofassessments.Inbackwarddesign，theimportanceofbigideasand

4、assessmentscannotbeignored.　　1.Whythebigideasareimportant？　　Thebigideasareimportantindesignbecausetheyarethekeystounderstanding.Abigideaisthoughtofasalinchpinwhichisessentialforunderstanding.Withoutgraspingtheideaandusingittoholdtogetherrelatedcontentknowledge，weareleftwithbitsandpiec

5、esofinertfactsthatcannottakeusanywhere.Bigideasareatthecoreofthesubjectandtheyneedtobeuncovered.Bigideasarebothcentraltocoherentconnectionsinafieldofstudyandaconceptualanchorformakingfactsmoreunderstandableanduseful.Bigideasarethefoundationforlearning.　　Bigideasarelikethemotorthatallo

6、wsthematerialtofunctionandarethebuildingblocksfornovicesandexpertsalike?Cthecoreconcepts.Theyaretheglueandframework，towhichstudentsaddthedetails.Whenposedasaprovokingquestion，studentsknowthattheirjobistoinquireandsearchforexplanations.Oncetheexplanationshavebeenfound，thenthebigideasbe

7、comeanswersinsentenceform.　　2.Meaningfulassessmentsandlearningplans.　　Schoolsmustthinkcarefullyaboutthedesiredresultsandthenworkbackwardtodevelopmeaningfulassessmentsandlearningplans.Schoolanddistrictimprovementteamsshouldconsiderorganizationalfactors，suchasstandards，assessment，instru

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