Instructional Choice

Get Started. It's Free
or sign up with your email address
Instructional Choice by Mind Map: Instructional Choice

1. What is Instructional Choice?

1.1. An intervention strategy in which an educator/ guardian promotes freedom of choice while building problem solving skills and cognitive development.

1.2. “Choice- making opportunities provide young children ownership of their daily activities and routines. It is the beginning of independence and autonomous decision making, both important skills in the development of social competence.” (McCormick, et. al , 2003)

2. Evidence on Instructional Choice:

2.1. “Ideological rigidity that prevents teachers from exploring instructional options reduces the chances for student success. In contrast, employing a range of instructional approaches empowers teachers and students with choices that promote learning.”( MERCER., et. al 1996).

2.2. "Providing a preferred activity resulted in decreases in disruptive behavior and increases in desirable behavior compared to providing a no preferred activity.” (Romaniuk., et al 2001).

2.3. “Choice provides children the opportunity to use cognitive skills (e.g., initiating an opportunity to make a choice and expanding on choices offered), communication skills (e.g., pointing to selected objects), motor skills (i.e., physically making the choice), and social skills (e.g., negotiating a turn with a peer.” (McCormick, et. al , 2003)

3. How to implement Instructional Choice in the classroom:

3.1. Step 1: Design a variety of centers that offer the children different choices that allows them to think about their choices, develop a plan, and be reminded of rules and expectations

3.2. Step 2: Create and provide students with instructions and directions that allow them to make independent decisions in the classroom environment

3.3. Step 3: Implement the instructional choice and options in the close proximity of the classroom

3.4. Step 4: Observe the students in their choice making and accommodate future lessons and centers on their reactions and behavior towards the choices provided

4. Discussion Questions:

4.1. What benefits come out of instructional choice? How can your students benefit from instructional choice?

4.2. How can you implement instructional choice in your classroom to expand the community of learners?

4.3. What are your opinions on instructional choice? Do you agree with this form of leaning in classroom design? Why or why not?