Module+3+-+Question+A

**How do I ensure that students meet standards - and meet enough of them to make the effort worthwhile - in open-ended activities and projects?**

 * Concerns || Solutions ||
 * How do I ensure that students meet standards? || Plan units and daily lesson plans that are centered around specific standards. We also suggest that these standards are visible in the classroom in order to keep us constantly aware of these standards. ||
 * What should we do to make the effort of projects worthwhile? || A. Classroom teachers should keep a record of student strengths and weaknesses which are assessed through student feedback, projects, and through peer evaluations. ||
 * || B. Projects should have clear and detailed rubrics for each open-ended activity and project in order to keep the students on-task, to serve as a guide, and to ensure that students are knowledgeable of standards. ||
 * || C. Projects should always use 21st century skills and relate to real-life events relative to a teenager's life in order to maximize the meaning and motivation of each student. ||
 * || D. Rotation of leadership roles among members of the group. ||