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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128: When You Get Nothing But Crickets
127: A Few Ideas for Dealing with Late Work
126: Student-Created Graphic Novels
125: Think Twice Before Doing Another Historical Simulation
124: A Closer Look at Open Educational Resources
123: Four Research-Based Strategies All Teachers Should Be Using
122: A Simple Trick for Success with One-Pagers
121: Is that Higher-Order Task Really Higher Order?
120: How One District Learned to Talk About Race
119: "We're a Family" and Other School Norms that Can Cause Burnout
118: To Boost Learning, Just Add Movement
117: Five Ways to Improve Your Rubrics
116: Mastery Learning with Khan Academy
115: Time to Take a Look at Your Dress Code
114: Let's Give Our Teaching Language a Makeover
113: Global School Play Day: One Day. Nothing But Play.
112: Six Tech Tools to Try in 2019
111: Teaching Note-Taking with Stations
110: Ten Ways Educators Can Take Action in Pursuit of Equity
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