This chapter addresses the issue of tiering instruction to ensure that students gain the most understanding of the subject. An idea that was presented was that of learning contracts to individualize a students learning, while still accomplishing the given goal. I had never heard of this idea before, but thought it would be a useful tool for some students. Some students need the structure of a set of rules and requirements as well as a given schedule to accomplish tasks. As a teacher, I would look for opportunities to give my students options like the contract that allow some flexibility, but also set specific guidelines to their work. The only thing that could be a problem with this concept is that students cannot be singled out in a direct way or other students will notice and may treat them differently.
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