Tag: Grant Wiggins

Admit it--you only read the list of the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, not the whole book that explains each level and the rationale behind the Taxonomy. Don't worry, you're ...

An authentic assessment is meant to focus on the impact of one’s work in real or realistic contexts.

Students at all ages make this mistake, of assuming that their job is merely to give back what was taught the way it was taught.

Mastery of a complex whole requires designing backward from the complex whole and the interesting questions related to it.

Without models of student work to validate and ground them, rubrics are often too vague for students.

How Much Freedom Should A Teacher Have? by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach to education, and ...

Typical teacher lesson plans focus too much on fragmented day-to-day lessons for discrete topics instead of planning backward from understanding.

The Point Of School Isn't To Get Good At School by Grant Wiggins Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach ...

Coverage Teaching Is A Kind Of Blindness by Grant Wiggins Ed note: We’re continuing to go back and share some of Grant’s best and most useful posts. This one on ...

To achieve understanding as an educator, you have to help students 'by design' come to realizations that they own and appreciate as insightful.

by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach to education, and we were lucky enough for him ...

by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D, AuthenticEducation.org We had a delightful visit to The School of the Future in New York City the other day. Lots of engaged kids, a great blend of instruction and constructivist work, ...