While it's true that student choice has a lot of value, it's possible to give so much choice in an assignment that it kind of backfires. When a task has little to no structure at all, students often respond with confusion, not creativity.
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149: Nine Ways Online Teaching Should Be Different from Face-to-Face
148: Backward Design: The Basics
147: Why White Students Need Multicultural and Social Justice Education
146: Reopening School: What it Might Look Like
145: Flash Feedback: More Meaningful Feedback in Less Time
144: Making Great Screencast Videos
143: To Teach Social-Emotional Learning, Start with Yourself
142: Distance Learning: A Collection of Resources for Teachers
141: Getting Rid of "I Don't Know" in Your Classroom
140: Nine Ways to be More Inclusive of Diverse Students
139: How to Create a Project Based Learning Lesson
138: Making Cooperative Learning Work Better
137: How Afterschool Staff Can Take Your Class to the Next Level
136: Six Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2020
135: The Time I Made a Fart Sound During a Test
134: Repairing Harm: A Better Alternative to Punishment
133: How One Makerspace is Meeting Students' Social-Emotional Needs
132: How to Spot Dyslexia, and What to Do Next
131: How World Language Teaching Has Evolved
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