TEACHER SURVIVAL SKILLS: it's a jungle out there!

This blog is primarily for University students who are about to begin their Residency I Program as Teacher Candidates (TC) at the University of Memphis. In Residency I, the TC will actively participate in co-teaching throughout the school day with their Professional Instructional Mentor, (PIM). As a Residency I Supervisor (RS), I created this blog to be a reference guide of educational ideas, tips, and url links that are a finger-tip away!

Thursday, February 4, 2016

AUTHENTIC CHOICE OR TASK

What is an authentic choice or task?

The word authentic means having to do with real life, the real world. An authentic choice or task measures more than a student's performance such as simply recalling information for a fill-in-the-blank, or a multiple choice test. It assesses reasoning, thinking, and creativity levels. This can be accomplished with a portfolio of a student's choice of their best work, a rubric to assess a project in Reading/Language, Science, and Social Studies. And it can even be as simple as a math assignment of 15 math problems where the student can circle the 8 problems that he wants the teacher to assess.
Studies have shown that when students are given a choice (ownership) in their learning, their progress soars!

The link below will give further clarification and examples of authentic choices/tasks for today's students in the 21st Century.

http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox