Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teacher training and curriculum development are key components of President Obama's STEM educational initiative. This study outlines one method that was used to address both these issues. In this study we sought to investigate a method of teacher and curriculum development focused on technology standards described in Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology. Curriculum development is a key component of teacher training and teacher responsibilities. Often curriculum is developed around an activity or unit that a teacher wants their students to experience and be part of. A new method of design has become increasingly popular in recent years; backward design is a method of design that begins with the end in mind. The main principles of this process call for curriculum developers to first determine what students should know and be able to do at the completion of a unit. Great success has been found in the backward design movement, and teachers are finding opportunities for implementation of backward design in their classrooms.
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