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.
Rough Drafts
Objective: To apply what has been learned.
Activity: Choice: 1) Have students write the rough draft of an essay, skipping lines to facilitate revision. Then have students exchange papers and revise them. 2) Let students revise an essay you give them.
