Task: focuses on the presentation of the learning activities and tasks |
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Learners self-select from a range of movement task and activities that vary in difficulty (low, moderate, and hard) (SR skills = create goals and strategies, implement actions, plan actions and make decisions, self-manage behavior, self-monitor behavior, self-correct behavior)
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Authority: focuses on the interaction of the children and teacher within the learning environment with special consideration in classroom decision making |
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Learners are intrinsically driven to actively engage in environments that give them the opportunity to make decisions
Learners have to self-manage and continually self-monitor their behaviors (SR skills = create goals and strategies, plan actions and make decisions, self-monitor behavior, self-correct behaviors, manage emotions, understand and appropriately navigate social environments)
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Recognition: focuses on informal and formal rewards, incentives, and praise that are used and distributed by teachers to facilitate motivation |
Avoid social comparison
Recognize individual progress and improvement
Recognition is private, the child’s sense of pride and satisfaction is derived from doing his/her best and not from outperforming others
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Grouping: focuses on grouping patterns |
Children are not grouped, but will be given the opportunity to move freely and independently within the environment
Allow the formation of heterogeneous cooperative groups that foster peer interaction (i.e., groups form and break up based on the individual desires of the child)
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Learners self-select the people they engage with giving them the ability to self-govern their learning experience (SR skills = plan actions and make decisions, self-monitor behavior, self-correct behaviors, manage emotions, understand and appropriately navigate social environments, collaborative efforts)
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Evaluation: focuses on methods that are used to assess, monitor, judge, and measure children’s behavior and learning |
Evaluation and feedback are based on individual progress and improvement along with the process of learning movement rather than the product
Involve children in self-evaluation
Make evaluation private and meaningful
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Learners are encourage to self-evaluate their own performance (SR skills = working memory, self-monitor behaviors, self-reflection of progress, manage emotions, inhibition)
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Time: focuses on the workload, pace of instruction, and time allotment for children to complete learning activities and assignments |
Teacher facilitates a learning experience that is tailored to the needs for the child
Individualize instruction
No set time allocated (e.g., schedule flexibility and vary pace of learning)
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Child is allowed to self-direct their own learning (SR skills = plan actions and make decisions, self-monitor behavior, self-correct behaviors, manage emotions)
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