Students
Giving Learning Choices
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2. The more control our students
take and the more choices we can
offer them the greater their desire
and willingness to engage in the
learning process. ( Zull p.52)
3. When students make a choice they also must
learn to live with that choice. This is a very
powerful life lesson.
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4. When a student has some control over how they
learn they can also discover their strengths and
weakness as a learner, a vital metacognitive skill
they will use the rest of their life.
Who Makes these Learning
Related Decision?
Below are course related actions that might be decided in consultation
with our students
1. Course Textbook
2. Number of exams
3. When in the course exams will be given
4. Attendance policy
5. Late work policy
6. Late for class policy
7. Course learning outcomes
8. Office hours
9. Due dates for major papers
10. Teaching methods/approaches
11. How groups are formed
12. Topic of writing or research projects
13. Grading scale
14. Discussion guidelines for large or small group discussions
15. Rubrics for evaluation of self or peers work
16. If rewriting will be allowed
17. If retesting will be allowed
Questions to Ask Ourselves about
Sharing Power
Question One
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Question Two
What choices can I give my students in the
area of course topics?
Question Three
What choices can I give my students in the
area of course assignments?
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Question Four
What choices can I give my students in the
area of course assessments?
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