Jeff Zoul's List: Assignments

Creating classroom assignments that contain clear targets for students is the starting point for both good formative assessment and good instruction. These assignments must be aligned with state standards and curricular goals and must create a learning destination that students can see clearly and plan for.

Assignments that demand more responsibility from students will result in deeper understanding of content and the development of academic and life skills. We suggest three principles to guide the creation of such rigorous assignments.

This post is a follow-up to our recent post, Students Learn Best When You Do This. Now, in my final post from students at a typical US High School, I end on an upbeat note: what students say is the best assignment they have had this year.