Backward design is a three-step process that starts with the end goal and works backward. It helps ensure you, rather than a textbook publisher, are making the most important curricular …

Although the use of Backwards Design logic in American education dates back at least to the 1950s, it received a tremendous upgrade in recent decades, especially by leading progressive …

This process of course design is “backward” because it starts at the end (the results, the learning outcomes) and works backward to plan what assignments, exams, readings, lectures, …

Backward Design was described by Wiggins, Grant and McTighe (1998) in an attempt to redirect instructors’ focus from activities and instruction to the outcomes of instruction.

“Backward Design Fundamentals” (web pages; doc) introduces "backward design," an approach to course planning in which instructors start by considering the core "big ideas"/essential skills …

Here, we review the fundamentals of backward course design, explain the planner, and describe our experience applying it to restructure class time in a non-majors biology course.

Instructors often focus on lessons/lectures first when they plan curriculum. This can lead to a series of lessons/lectures that have no meaningful purpose. In backward design, teachers …