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Learning Menus outline a variety of instructional options targeted toward important learning goals. Students select and complete the assignment options that most appeal to them. | Learning Menus outline a variety of instructional options targeted toward important learning goals. Students select and complete the assignment options that most appeal to them. | ||
| − | + | '''How They Work:''' | |
| − | Differentiating with Learning Menus | + | The teacher articulates learning goals and creates a "menu" of tasks which can consist of (appetizers, side dishes, entrees, and desserts based on identified learning goals and individual student levels. Learning menus can take place over a unit and also serve as a summative performance assessment with rubrics that contain criteria for every learning goal. |
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| + | '''Here are some tips for designing learning menus:''' | ||
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| + | * Decide on a purpose for using the learning menu | ||
| + | * Craft your learning goals for the menu in terms of what you want students to understand and know | ||
| + | * Design your appetizers as an engaging hook for the menu | ||
| + | * Create your entree by developing core tasks that you want all students to complete | ||
| + | * Design desserts that you know students will be motivated to complete | ||
| + | * For every course the teacher should tailor choices to different readiness levels | ||
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| + | '''<u>Here is a video for you to watch about learning menus.</u>''' | ||
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| + | '''Differentiating with Learning Menus''' | ||
[https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/differentiating-instruction-strategy] | [https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/differentiating-instruction-strategy] | ||
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| + | '''Here is an example of a learning menu.''' | ||
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| + | [[File:Screen Shot 2016-12-14 at 10.17.16 PM.png]] | ||
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| + | '''Navigation links:''' | ||
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| + | [[Differentiated Instruction in the Social studies Classroom|Course Home]] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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| + | Differentiating with Learning Menus. (n.d.). Retrieved December 14, 2016, from https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/differentiating-instruction-strategy | ||
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| + | Doubet, K., & Hockett, J. (2015). Differentiation in Middle & High School - Strategies to Engage All Learners. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:09, 3 November 2021
Learning Menus What Are They:
Learning Menus outline a variety of instructional options targeted toward important learning goals. Students select and complete the assignment options that most appeal to them.
How They Work:
The teacher articulates learning goals and creates a "menu" of tasks which can consist of (appetizers, side dishes, entrees, and desserts based on identified learning goals and individual student levels. Learning menus can take place over a unit and also serve as a summative performance assessment with rubrics that contain criteria for every learning goal.
Here are some tips for designing learning menus:
- Decide on a purpose for using the learning menu
- Craft your learning goals for the menu in terms of what you want students to understand and know
- Design your appetizers as an engaging hook for the menu
- Create your entree by developing core tasks that you want all students to complete
- Design desserts that you know students will be motivated to complete
- For every course the teacher should tailor choices to different readiness levels
Here is a video for you to watch about learning menus.
Differentiating with Learning Menus [1]
Here is an example of a learning menu.
Navigation links:
References
Differentiating with Learning Menus. (n.d.). Retrieved December 14, 2016, from https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/differentiating-instruction-strategy
Doubet, K., & Hockett, J. (2015). Differentiation in Middle & High School - Strategies to Engage All Learners. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
