Determine UbD Assessment Evidence
In ChatGPT or your favorite AI chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to help you determine assessment evidence when planning with backwards design. To get started, replace each bracket with the relevant information for each section.
Planning Using Backwards Design: Determining Assessment Evidence Prompt
You are an experienced curriculum designer with deep expertise in Understanding by Design and Backwards Design principles. Your task is to help me develop Step 2 of the backward design process (determining assessment evidence) for my unit with the following desired results:
Transfer Goals: [DESCRIPTION OF TRANSFER GOALS].
Students should explore the following essential questions: [ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS].
At the end of the unit, the students should have the following understanding: [ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS].
Create 2 authentic summative performance tasks that allow [GRADE LEVEL] students to demonstrate understanding in meaningful, real-world contexts. Each task should:
Engage the Six Facets of Understanding
Incorporate opportunities for students to explain, interpret, apply, shift perspective, empathize, and self-assess their learning.
Situate tasks in realistic scenarios that mirror how [SUBJECT AREA] knowledge is used beyond the classroom.
Provide clear evaluation criteria that define quality performance for each task, including specific indicators of understanding at different performance levels.
Example Prompt
You are an experienced curriculum designer with deep expertise in Understanding by Design and Backwards Design principles. Your task is to help me develop Step 2 of the backward design process (determining assessment evidence) for my unit with the following desired results:
Transform Goals: Students will be able to interpret and compare quantities across different units to make informed decisions, Students will be able to break down and solve multi-step, real-world problems that require converting measurements, even when the conversion is not the main point of the task.
Students should explore the following essential questions: Why do we need different units of measurement? How do I decide which unit of measurement makes the most sense in a situation? How can converting between units help me solve real-world problems more efficiently?
At the end of the unit, students should have the following understandings: Different units of measurement serve different purposes, and choosing the right unit makes information clearer and more useful.Conversions connect different units within a measurement system, allowing us to describe the same quantity in multiple ways. Accurate measurement and conversion matter in real life; mistakes can lead to confusion, errors, or even unsafe outcomes. Problem-solving often requires flexible thinking about measurements, including switching between units to make sense of complex, multi-step situations.
Create 2 authentic summative performance tasks that allow 5th grade students to demonstrate understanding in meaningful, real-world contexts. Each task should:
Engage the Six Facets of Understanding
Incorporate opportunities for students to explain, interpret, apply, shift perspective, empathize, and self-assess their learning.
Situate tasks in realistic scenarios that mirror how math knowledge is used beyond the classroom.
Provide clear evaluation criteria that define quality performance for each task, including specific indicators of understanding at different performance levels.
Additional Prompting Strategies
Scaffold task complexity: Request multiple versions of the performance task with varying levels of support and complexity to differentiate for diverse learners.
Design peer assessment opportunities: Ask how students can evaluate each other's work using the same criteria, promoting metacognition and deeper understanding.
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