“Understanding by Design (UbD) provides a common language for educators who are interested in promoting student understanding rather than formulaic knowledge or recall learning. It also provides a framework and a toolkit of research-based best practices that have been proven effective in helping educators to promote understanding-based results for learning, expand the range of assessment tools and processes they use to monitor student achievement, and enhance their design of instructional activities to promote high levels of student achievement.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8F1SnWaIfE
http://www.ascd.org/research-a-topic/understanding-by-design-resources.aspx
