Promoting Student-Led Learning in Elementary School
ByTiffany Perry
edutopia.org
5min
Giving students chances to make classroom decisions and manage discussions guides them to take agency in their learning.
On the first day of school this year, I gave my class directions for our activity and told them, “I need five groups.” They looked at me for a few seconds; and then, when they realized I wasn’t going to say anything else, a few students started counting how many people were in class and moving them into groups. At that moment, my students could tell that I wasn’t always going to tell them exactly what to do and that they could make decisions on their own.
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