{"id":82892,"date":"2022-09-22T11:17:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=82892"},"modified":"2022-09-22T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:41:50","slug":"boosting-high-school-students-sense-of-agency-and-motivation-davenport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/09\/22\/boosting-high-school-students-sense-of-agency-and-motivation-davenport\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosting High School Students\u2019 Sense of Agency and Motivation [Davenport]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/boosting-high-school-students-sense-agency-and-motivation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Boosting High School Students\u2019 Sense of Agency and Motivation<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from edutopia.org by\u00a0Mary Davenport<br \/>\n<em>Providing students with greater voice and choice in the classroom can build their desire to learn and do well academically.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This year, instead of repeating essay after essay, we included project-based, performative, and creative assessments. The variety allowed for every student to shine at some point in a way unique to themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">More than anything, creating opportunities for autonomy has necessitated a shift in my perspective. Our field likes to talk about everything standards-based, but there are dangers to that: When the standard becomes more important than the student in front of us, we have lost the true meaning of education.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I offer students choice by giving them options regarding<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>learning content (which texts to read, videos to watch, podcasts to listen to);<\/li>\n<li>communication and processing (written, verbal, or visual);<\/li>\n<li>assessments (choosing topics, choosing texts, choosing supports, choosing structures); and<\/li>\n<li>work time (independent, collaborative, location).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79725 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSC-MoreVoiceChoiceControl.jpg\" alt=\"Learners need: More voice. More choice. More control. -- this image was created by Daniel Christian\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSC-MoreVoiceChoiceControl.jpg 600w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSC-MoreVoiceChoiceControl-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boosting High School Students\u2019 Sense of Agency and Motivation &#8212; from edutopia.org by\u00a0Mary Davenport Providing students with greater voice and choice in the classroom can build their desire to learn and do well academically. Excerpt: This year, instead of repeating essay after essay, we included project-based, performative, and creative assessments. The variety allowed for every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,533,199,406,66,89,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-experimentation","category-more-voice-more-choice-more-control","category-motivation","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82892"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82904,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82892\/revisions\/82904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}