by Pieces of Learning Staff Development Presenter Dodie Merritt
Rekindle the excitement of learning and build self-esteem
through independent study investigations of student choice! Here are the
management tools you need to differentiate products, process, and content to
meet individual student needs (and not lose your mind!) as they move from
structured independence to shared independence to self-guided learning. The
Overview has no-nonsense descriptions for using each tool to develop or augment
an independent study program from primary through secondary grades. Reproducible
materials for each aspect of the independent study process include:
- Management - checklists, parent communications, and time
control tools;
- Planning - graphic organizers and contracts to get work
underway;
- Researching - forms for managing the resources and notes
on an immense body of accumulated information;
- Presenting - plans for popular products to help students
put their own spin on ideas and information they have collected; and
- Assessing - progress sheets, check/points, reflections,
and a unit rubric. The expanded edition includes a variety of topical spec
sheets for research, and the CD includes all forms in a PDF format.
