UbD DI Chapter 7

Chapter seven was mostly devoted to ways to get students to understand the “big ideas.” “A certain portion is visible about the surface of the water, but we cannot fully comprehend the iceberg without going below” (pg 110 Tomlinson and McTighe). Teaching is all about getting students to acquire a complete understanding of the topic that one is teaching. One of the most beneficial ways to accomplish this is to ask essential questions. With these inquiries, students themselves can try to discover the answer and learn more in the process. It also enables the learner to ask his or her own questions without feeling like he or she doesn’t understand. The issue I have with this technique is what questions to use for my class in order to capture their attention so that they want to learn and ask their own questions.