Allow+Opportunities+to+Explain+Work

Allow students opportunities to show and explain work.

Providing students with reflection opportunities helps ensure that they understand and are making meaning of the content they are learning. By providing opportunities for students to show and explain work, you are requiring students to think about their learning process. By reflecting on the learning process one can determine areas of strength, as well as areas in need of improvement. Reflection opportunities also provide educators with an understanding of what concepts, skills, or content they need to go over in more detail. Use the following strategies on this page when providing students with opportunities to show and explain work.
 * Strategy Description **


 * Practical Application **
 * Require students to explain how they attained a particular answer, instead of just providing the answer itself
 * This provides you with a glimpse of your student's thought process, and will allow you to address any errors they are making
 * Require students to complete a self-critique of their work
 * Encourage students to explain how they are going to develop their areas of improvement
 * Include a reflection component with assignments, where students are required to share the challenges they encountered during a project or assignment and can make meaning of the information they just learned
 * Allow students the opportunity to apply what they have learned to contexts beyond the situation they experienced with the content
 * Applying skills in different environments, and the transfer and application of skills in different contexts is a critical part of the learning process
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