Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.
Guided practice worksheet.
Objective: To practice making choices based on criteria. To select good criteria.
Activity: Students complete a teacher-prepared worksheet relating to the personal selection of criteria, good vs. questionable criteria, reliable support for criteria, and making choices based on given criteria and information. A sample worksheet contains the following:
1. Think of three reasons (criteria) you would use to decide what kind of car you would take on a motor trip across the United States.
2. Decide which are good criteria and which are questionable criteria for choosing a good board game:
• The cost of the game.
• The amount of time needed to play.
• The color of the box.
• The number of rules.
3. If you were looking for information to support your reasons (criteria) for choosing a balanced meal, which sources would you feel you could trust:
• Health book?
• Your best friend?
• Diet book?
• Yellow pages?
4. Given the following reasons (criteria) and information, who do you feel is the best batter: A, B, or C?
Criteria
• Most hits.
• Fewest strikeouts.
• Most homeruns.
Information
Hits SO HR BB
Player A 20 6 2 5
Player B 25 3 5 9
Player C 15 10 4 7
