Attitude, Choice, and Personal Relevance

Table of Contents

Student Interest

• Questioning to draw out students’ interests

• Broad and diverse reading materials available

• Student experts in various areas of interest

• Comparisons, classifying, metaphors and analogies

• K-W-L

• Learning/interest inventory

Prior Knowledge

• Student experts

• Questioning

• Back and forth discussions

• Outside interests are valued and appreciated

• Questioning beyond looking for the right answer

Appreciate Different Points of View

• Guests in the classroom (family, community, etc.)

• Concrete recognition

• Diversity is celebrated

• Diverse class participation techniques are evident

• Climate of trust that encourages risk-taking

Student Choice

• Student language rubrics

• Choices in final products

• Collaborative projects/roles

• Cooperative groups

• Different room arrangement, productive noise, and lots of purposeful movement