Learning Activity Checklist

SESSION Learning Activity 3 Checklist

Standards-Based Task Engaging Task The task helps students: Students: . Gain/improve specific knowledge or skills in a . Are involved in active learning (hands-on, building, content area (for example, district or state making, moving, using “multiple intelligences,” etc.). standards). . Find the topic fascinating, fun, or passion-arousing. st . Gain/improve 21 Century Skills (problem solving, . Are given choices (topic, approach, etc.). communication, collaboration, information, and time and resource management). . Are challenged (but not overwhelmed). . Practice the methods/processes of a discipline (for . Create a product/performance or gain competencies example, the scientific method). that have value to them outside of school. . Understand how learning goals guide teaching and . Know their product/performance will be appreciated, learning activities. used by, or useful to others outside the classroom. . Perceive how learning activities are aligned with . Receive real-world feedback on the quality of their assessments. work from an audience or subject-matter expert. . Know the criteria and performance standards for . Get to bring their experience outside the classroom to teacher, peer, and self-evaluations of their bear on their work. products and performances. . Are accountable to one another. . Demonstrate understanding and apply their knowledge and skill in a variety of ways. Problem-Based Task Technology Enhances Academic Achievement Students must exercise logical and creative Technology is used to: thinking to: . Give students access to quality information, primary . Form a reasoned judgment. documents, or points of view not available otherwise. . Solve a problem. . Allow students to investigate a concept in ways . Make a decision or choice. infeasible otherwise (for example, human/animal anatomy). . Plan a course of action. . Differentiate learning for students with different needs. . Persuade or convince someone. . Help students understand abstract concepts. . Defend a position. . Enable students to participate in online scientific . Explain a concept. investigations. . Interpret a complex situation. . Help students with the problem-solving process (e.g., . Resolve a perplexing or puzzling situation. using graphic organizers). . Troubleshoot and improve a system. . Foster student discovery of concept or construction of their own understanding of a concept. . Meet someone’s genuine need. . Share ideas and communicate with remote groups. . Plan and stage an event. . Help students receive feedback on their work from a . Apply a course concept in a real-world situation. community outside the classroom. . Invent a problem-solving process. . Enable students to participate in the democratic . Work within constraints (for example, restrictions process. on size, budget, time, resources, etc.).

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