The ToddCast - Student Choice
Student Choice - One way you can certainly challenge students in the classroom is to provide them with choices. This could be a choice in topics learned, choice in how this is learned, choice with who you learn it with, and choice in how you are going to determine mastery. By providing students with this choice is allows them to A) challenge themselves because they know their potential better than anyone, B) teaches them independent learning and how to manage their time, and C) takes the ceiling off of the learning because students are no longer limited to your imagination but can bring their own to the learning process.