https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU Without reading others first, write your response to What is an enduring understanding? en-us 2019-01-18 19:30:32 UTC 2025-09-24 20:52:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png mjjann18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322291582 An enduring understanding helps us make sense of complex facts about a given topic. It helps us to take the knowledge learned and apply it, or transfer it. Enduring understandings require us to analyze information, make connections, and develop further questions. When we reach an enduring understanding, we've developed our own understanding of and experience with a concept rather than simply mastering a definition. ]]> 2019-01-18 19:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322291582 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322321850 An enduring understanding is like putting all the individual puzzle pieces together to make the make the whole image. It is the "AHA!" It is making sense of all the isolated facts through questioning and making connections to deepen our own thinking, so we can understand the "big picture" (concept). Having an enduring understanding allows us to apply and transfer our knowledge to other disciplines and situations.]]> 2019-01-18 21:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322321850 djschu18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322361157 An enduring understanding is a big idea that the students will walk away with. It is beyond the ability to recall a fact, and is the students ability to take the information and make meaning and transfer it. With an enduring understanding the student can take what they have learned and allow it to blossom into a greater idea. It is the students ability to take what they are learning and apply it to the world around them. When you are teaching an enduring understanding you are equipping them with a new framework with which to see the world, rather than facts to be able to recite. An enduring understanding helps students to make sense of the world and taking their knowledge and understanding to a whole new level.]]> 2019-01-19 04:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322361157 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322436933 An enduring understanding means that understanding of the material is transferred to new situations by a student. The understanding lasts over time. The student is not learning the material in isolation in the classroom. The student is not taught facts and asked to memorize these facts, asked to learn the material for the test, and then forgotten the day after the assessment. Rather, the student makes connections and discoveries about the topic. In some ways, it allows the student to go back to early childhood and the days before school when children discovered the world around them through play and trial and error. The student is able to make connections themselves. When students make a discovery themselves, they are more likely to remember, understand, use, and transfer that knowledge. It is not a fact to be stored on a memory card and filled away. Instead, it becomes part of them and a tool they can recall and use in other situations. ]]> 2019-01-19 23:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322436933 ampapk18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322449793 To ensure that students are enduring understanding, they need to be given time and opportunity. In engaging our students, we have to trust the process and allow student learning to take time. Students need multiple, diverse opportunities to demonstrate and apply their understanding. An example of this may be allowing for student choice, which gives students to own their learning and apply their understanding in a way that makes sense for them.]]> 2019-01-20 04:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322449793 smarich2 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322511952 An enduring understanding is a big idea that helps us to make sense of many smaller, seemingly unrelated ideas. It is a powerful tool in which we are able to derive more specific and helpful facts and understandings. Students will not only acquire information, but make meaning of the information and transfer it to others areas and concepts in their learning.]]> 2019-01-20 17:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322511952 mdkurt18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322534287 Enduring understanding helps students make sense of lots of meaningless and confusing facts.  It is the big idea that the students are going to walk away with; it helps us make sense of things. The big idea helps students make discoveries and connections with the topics.  Enduring understanding helps students have an order, categorize and prioritize what they are learning. It helps us rethink what we already know and raise questions and problems that will help create new ideas.]]> 2019-01-20 22:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322534287 hnsmit18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322543689 An enduring understanding is an overarching idea that all the lessons of a unit tie into. Enduring understandings are transferable and help make sense of facts, practices, and smaller details within each lesson itself. The enduring understanding of a unit is the goal of what we want students to understand and takeaway from each unit we teach. When using backwards design, an enduring understanding is the starting point and framework of the unit.]]> 2019-01-21 00:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322543689 pxbali18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322545326 To have an enduring understand something you must be able to transfer the knowledge to new situations. It endures across time and can be applied to the context of our lives. An enduring understanding thus takes all the facts and details allowing the learner to make sense of the world around them. As we looking to Understanding by design it is important to first ask what the enduring understanding do we want students to have and teach the facts and details necessary to have that type of understanding.]]> 2019-01-21 00:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322545326 crsavi18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322551493 An enduring understanding or big idea activates thinking in students. Enduring understandings help students question, connect and transfer learning across many areas. Often times, teachers are teaching disconnected facts and students have a hard time constructing the meaning among these facts.
Enduring understandings are the opposite of this. Students are able to take the big idea, learning the content information, make meaning of the content, and transfer those skills to another area. This is a shift from learning content to learning content for understanding (Wiggins, 2010).]]> 2019-01-21 01:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322551493 ldbaue18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322557077 Enduring understandings are the big ideas that students need to know and understand while teaching a lesson/unit. Enduring understandings need to be transferable meaning that the students can take the information/ skills learned and use and apply in other areas. ]]> 2019-01-21 02:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322557077 hahohe18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322691454 Enduring understanding is teaching to big ideas rather than terms and facts. Teachers present ideas to their students in order to stimulate conversation about meaning and understanding. This eliminates the "correct" answer (that is.. a repeated back definition). Enduring understanding depicts the difference between "knowledge" and "understanding" in our students. It helps us develop skills in our students by questioning and rethinking- skills that can and should be used across levels and content areas. Ultimately, students have more voice in their learning and their perspectives are heard.]]> 2019-01-21 14:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322691454 pamale18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322702920 An Enduring Understanding is a big idea that is taught for truly understanding the content not just the facts. The enduring understanding is essentially what you want students to learn by the end of the unit. Students will again become the center of their learning by asking questions and being actively engaged in finding the deeper meaning of content. Once students have that, they should be able to transfer their learning into other subjects. ]]> 2019-01-21 15:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322702920 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322786815 Enduring understandings are statements that a student must understand to be able to make meaning of their learning, and transfer the knowledge to other content areas or their daily lives.  Enduring understandings move far beyond vocabulary definitions and foster application and transfer of learning.  
Students are able to answer:
Why am I learning this? How can I use this? ]]> 2019-01-21 21:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322786815 vasimo18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322792591 An enduring understanding is a big idea from which one can identify more specific understandings and facts throughout a unit. Students are then able to show understanding through transfer. For example, be able to use it in their own words, be able to explain it to someone else and apply it to a new area. Enduring understandings create lasting value.]]> 2019-01-21 21:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322792591 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322799283 An enduring understanding is the "big idea" or end goal. What do we (teachers) want our students to not only know, but truly understand at the end of a unit. Students should be able describe the purpose of an assignment/project and transfer that knowledge to real life situations. ]]> 2019-01-21 22:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322799283 bmhanz18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322802336 An enduring understanding is a big idea that is meaningful, generative, and transferable for the learner. These enduring understandings provide learners with a framework for new content learned. When teachers present these big ideas they must be careful not to present them as fact but rather as an inference or an exploration for learners to figure out together. This will not only deepen students' thinking but it will also promote transfer of knowledge. Overall, enduring understandings are a way to see connections in the world and not simply another fact to memorize. ]]> 2019-01-21 23:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322802336 smedst18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322824928 An enduring understanding is a big idea that is taught for understand only, not just the facts.  Enduring understanding is what you want students to learn by the end of the unit.  Students will be the star of their learning by asking questions and finding deeper meaning in the content.  Students will be able to transfer what they have learned. 

]]> 2019-01-22 02:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322824928 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322828474 An essential question derived from a “big idea” allows students to have an enduring understanding. This understanding is very clear to students and helps them focus on the meaning of what they are learning and why they are learning it. It always connects back to the essential question. Students are able to construct meaning from their learning. An enduring understanding pushes students towards critical-thinking skills, making connections and meaning towards what they are learning, as well as transferring their learning through various application processes. ]]> 2019-01-22 02:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/322828474 spdaug18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323027255 2019-01-22 15:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323027255 spdaug18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323027334 Enduring Understanding stems from a big idea that is meant for students to dive deeper into their learning through exploration.  It reminds me of project based learning.  Where students take the wheel (and drive instruction) in their own learning after being given their "big idea."  When teachers and students work together and build relationships through Enduring Understanding-students have ownership in their learning.  ]]> 2019-01-22 15:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323027334 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323064446 2019-01-22 16:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323064446 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323064526 Enduring Understanding are "big ideas" in their learning that they must be able to understand and explain, and also transfer to other areas of their lives. It goes deeper than facts and algorithms. It focuses on why the students are learning what they are learning, and how they can use it. Students acquire a deeper knowledge that they can then transfer to different areas.]]> 2019-01-22 16:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323064526 cyoun18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323192144 An Enduring Understanding is the big idea, theme, or overarching concept combined with supporting details that give us a framework for real world transfer and understanding.   It is a response to the need for students to “get it”, to make sense of the true meaning behind a concept and apply their understanding in real-life.  It is not enough to merely acquire knowledge. ]]> 2019-01-22 19:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323192144 liv_ulring https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323220811 An Enduring Understanding is essentially the "big idea," which is then broken down to the following: concrete, useful, impactful, productive, helpful, provided connections, a tool to create inference, meaningful, and productive.]]> 2019-01-22 20:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323220811 greenwoodl1 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323253275 Enduring Understanding is teaching with a "Long Term" goal mindset. When planning content for teaching starting with the "Broad" concept or questions, then focusing on the"Big Idea" concept, and then refocusing the BI into an Essential Question. ]]> 2019-01-22 22:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323253275 jmgare18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323260453 An enduring understanding is the “big idea” or concept from a unit—it is not a fact or a simple statement. It can be thought of as an essential question within a unit. This “big idea” helps to make sense of smaller pieces of information within a unit, but the ultimate goal is for students to gain a deep understanding that goes beyond the classroom that they can apply in their own lives. An enduring understanding relates to Understanding by Design because it is the end goal of what we want students to learn, understand, and transfer to their own lives.]]> 2019-01-22 23:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323260453 amdodg18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323262070 "Big ideas," or enduring understandings, include any understanding, essential question, or transfer task. These ideas help put a focus on understanding a concept or idea, rather than looking only for facts about them. When we look at big ideas as concepts, we are able to explore the concept for the sake of learning and can transfer it to other areas of life, which is more helpful for understanding than just recalling or naming facts. "A big idea is a way of usefully seeing connections, not just another piece of knowledge" (Wiggins, 2010). ]]> 2019-01-22 23:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323262070 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323295597 Enduring understandings take what students need to know based on what they have deliberately studied or practiced during a unit of study. In other words, it's taking a big idea and really focusing on what needs to be learned through a deeper understanding. It is then transferred to a big picture that can be applied for future growth. It's not just identifying what needs to be "learned" and moving on. It provides a much more meaningful and deliberate approach to understanding what they need to know, and why they need to know it.]]> 2019-01-23 03:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323295597 kanali18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323626717 Enduring understandings are the "Big ideas", the things you want your students to know, understand, be able to talk about in their own words and use in other situations (transfer). They help students make connections, think deeper and transfer knowledge outside of the area they are currently studying.]]> 2019-01-23 18:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323626717 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323747801 Enduring Understanding is a powerful framework that helps students to make sense of the big idea. Through this, students think beyond the “how” and rather, they can identify the “why” to help make connections to everyday life as well as new learning.]]> 2019-01-24 01:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323747801 meganlynsky https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323753361 Enduring understanding is achieved when students have mastered concepts from a unit (which is best achieved with an essential question to maintain focus). Ultimately, when enduring understanding is achieved, students are able to apply creativity and/or critical thinking skills obtained from that mastery to a variety of academic and general life contexts.]]> 2019-01-24 02:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/323753361 kewagn18 https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/324777872 Enduring understandings are broad. They are conceptual. They are the "big ideas" that help connect all the little ideas together. Enduring understandings are what we want our students to ultimately take away from what we are teaching. When using the UBD framework, for planning the enduring understandings would be the end goal. We would use essential questions to guide our students towards the enduring understanding. ]]> 2019-01-28 04:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/shaugen/whatisEU/wish/324777872