Competency and Reflection
1. Project Based Learning- When students are faced with a challenge in a partnership or even small a group there is a "sink or swim mentality" almost immediately which fuels most students to want to succeed for the desired result. Especially when "game-ify-ing"; learning students want to win! 2. Small Group Instruction- Along the lines of project based learning, small group instruction generally gives both the student and teacher more time with each other to work out deficiencies and or successes. Students have more time to develop competency and their ability to reflect on learning when actively working. 3. Student leaders- Give students a chance to lead in the classroom for example: in my band classroom, each instrumental section has 1 section leader. They audition at the end of the 1st quarter and whoever gets it will be first chair in their section. They will also have more responsibility, ie getting music for their section for rehearsal if needed, denoted name...