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It’S All About That Base: Persuading Learners Of Spanish As A Second Language That Verb Acquisition Is The Essence Of Communication, Sean Dwyer
Backward by Design Mini-Studies
The intended result of a series of Spanish courses is the ability to speak fluidly, if not extensively, in Spanish. The quickest way to speak quickly is to learn some set phrases. As a result of strategies that involve this learning tool, perhaps 75% of Americans can parrot “¿Dónde está el baño?” and “Dos cervezas, por favor.” However, a disappointingly high percentage of people who can say those things cannot say anything that would be useful outside a restaurant.
Working backwards from my curricular goal of creating verbal facility in my students, I start by expressing the threshold concept that …
Backwards By Design Implementation Report, Kristina Luce
Backwards By Design Implementation Report, Kristina Luce
Backward by Design Mini-Studies
As part of my participation in the Backwards by Design Retreat during summer of 2012, I chose to design the first course of the three-part series of courses on writing required for the Art History Major. A/HI 271: Introduction to Writing and Critical Thinking is also a GUR.
My goal overarching goal was to implement the idea of a threshold concept within the course, and during the retreat I identified that concept as:
In academic writing, well-grounded claims are understood to emerge out of evidence, but in art historical writing, as in any interpretive writing, it is essential to understand …