In this chapter of UbD/DI, it discusses various methods of how to create deep understandings of the content, rather than memorization, through uncovering content, using the six facets of understanding, and WHERETO framework.
One of the main ideas that sticks out to me in this chapter is, in order to create true understandings, using questions about a topic that relates to the students can be key. This involves using essential questions, but from there making a real world example that students can comprehend and connect to easily for either assessment or, even more interesting, as an introduction to the content. I can personally say this is not an approach I had given much thought of until reading this chapter. I like the idea of starting all the students out the same page by creating an interesting, engaging question, or a hook. It allows students who may not have any pre-existing knowledge feel comfortable participating, because the students are all faced with a new problem to solve.
This relates back to the WHERETO model, which is a new idea to me. I really like how this model mentioned how important metacognition is in the learning process. It’s great if students can take the problem, understand it and solve it, but it doesn’t help if they don’t reflect on what they’re learning and how it affects them. I really feel this is a skill that many teachers skip over, but makes a huge difference between memorization and understanding, which is, of course, the ultimate goal of the model.
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