Planning with the end in mind...
- eliciabullock81
- Mar 7
- 2 min read
Bergers' (2014) "A More Beautiful Question" has changed my perception of a trait that I have been feeling quite negative about - the fact that I like questions. One thing that I love about teaching science is my students "What if" questions. I want my students to question, learn, and grow. As my school changes curriculum I have been finding my students doing less of exactly that.
What I thought about this week as I analyzed my problem of practice, which focused on differentiation in a competency based classroom, is that not everyone wants the change that we are implementing, but not because they don't think it is a good idea; rather that it comes with many unknowns and new challenges. So just like my students, how do I help support them?
Reading about evaluation models also got me thinking and I wondered, "What if I used the evaluation model to think about how to implement my solution?" In backwards planning we think about our outcomes first, what do we want our students to know and be able to do? So why not do that with my solution!
Now that I have had more time to percolate and think about my solution to my problem of practice. I used Thalheimer's Learning-Transfer Evaluation Model's 8 steps to look at what my plan might look like and how I would know if it was helping support teacher development of Competency-based learning practices in lesson planning and assessment. The evaluation model actually served nicely to organize my thinking about the implementation strategy as well as a learning model in my classroom. Don't you just love it when things come full circle.
Want to know more at a glance? Check out Thalheimers model with this quick overview.
References:
Berger, W. (2014). A more beautiful question: The power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas. Bloomsbury.
Thalheimer, W. (2018). The learning-transfer evaluation model: Sending messages to enable learning effectiveness.
Bullock, E. (2025, March 6). WPP solution implementation strategy poster. [Canva] www.canva.com
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