Addressing the Strategic Networks
We can attend to learner's Strategic Networks by:
- Providing Choices
- Providing Support
Provide Choices
When you're able, provide learners with a choice of the way they express mastery of learning. As long as the grading criteria focuses on the learning goals, and not the format, one rubric can be used to assess a variety of options.
- Papers
- Tests
- Quizzes
- Projects
- Videos
- Presentations
- Interviews
- Discussions
- Graphic Organizers
- Drawings
- Infographics
- Advertisements
- Brochures
Provide Support
When you can't offer choices in the way learners express what they've learned (and even when you can) provide support. Support might include:
- Modeling
- Examples
- Rubrics
- Checklists
- Groups
- Partners
- Discussions
- Practice Opportunities
- Developmental Feedback
- Practice Quizzes
When designing assessments, ask yourself, "What is the goal of this assignment and how can it be modified to provide choices and/or support?"
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