Offer instructional choices to students to increase engagement and agency¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

Recommendation 4 has teachers offer students instructional choices during learning activities. The introduction states that "Recommendation 4 and Recommendation 5 focus on practices that offer instructional choices to students and provide opportunities for students to respond to and engage in learning activities." Table I.1 assigns this recommendation a minimal level of evidence, meaning evidence may not meet WWC standards or may exhibit inconsistencies.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Choices should be instructional and offered within the classroom routines established under Recommendation 1

Constraints¶

• Rated minimal evidence: the panel determined the recommendation must be included based on strong theory or practices that are difficult to study rigorously

Target Learners¶

• K–5 students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Increasing engagement and agency

Related Strategies¶

• Offer high-interest text alternatives and choice alongside short stories to sustain engagement during strategy instruction
• Listen to the Voices of Students

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Lane, K. L., Baldy, T., Becker, T., Bradshaw, C., Dolan, V., Dymnicki, A., Freeman, B., Holian, L., Lemire, S., McIntosh, K., Moulton, S., Nese, R., Payno-Simmons, R., Porowski, A., & Sutherland, K. (2024). Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K–5 (WWC 2025001). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/PracticeGuide/31