Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.

Classroom observations

Objective: The student will identify examples of on- and off-task behaviros in his/her daily classes.

Activity: Classroom Observations. Students are given observation sheets on which to record at least three examples each of on- and off-task behaviors. The directions ask students to watch for examples in team classes (in which team teachers would have been notified of the activity). Once observations are complete, group members are to share them and select their favorite examples from those noted. These are to be kept confidential between group members until they have completed the following activity and presented it to the class.

Assessment: Student observations on their activity sheets serve as a measure of student understanding of on- and off-task behaviors.