{"id":1220,"date":"2013-02-04T16:18:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T22:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2014-12-16T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T22:19:37","slug":"give-thoughtful-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/give-thoughtful-directions\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Thoughtful Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you give directions for multiple tasks simultaneously, don\u2019t give everyone directions for all the tasks.\u00a0 It wastes time, it\u2019s confusing, and it calls too much attention to task variance.\u00a0 The trick, then, is how to let everyone know what to do without giving whole-group directions.\u00a0 Here are some hints and possibilities\u2026\u201d (Carol Ann Tomlinson, 1999, p. 101).\u00a0 The following is a list of ideas to help give thoughtful directions based on Tomlinson\u2019s ideas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use task cards to give directions or roles to individuals and groups<\/li>\n<li>Use [recorded] directions<\/li>\n<li>Display directions visually with a PowerPoint or some other program<\/li>\n<li>Provide graphic organizers to help clarify expectations for the assigned task<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exerpt from Tomlinson, C. A. 1999. <em>The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners<\/em>. ASCD: Alexandria, VA. <strong>January 28, 2014 \u201cMotivation is the Key to Education\u201d<\/strong> <a title=\"TED Talk - Grit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/playlists\/125\/tv_special_ted_talks_educatio.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ted.com\/playlists\/125\/tv_special_ted_talks_educatio.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you give directions for multiple tasks simultaneously, don\u2019t give everyone directions for all the tasks.\u00a0 It wastes time, it\u2019s confusing, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-tips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5DI6r-jG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1221,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions\/1221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}