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Assessing Projects: Encouraging Self-Direction and Collaboration
Managing My Project

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Prompts to Encourage Self-Management of Projects
The questions in this checklist help students to direct their own learning.

Instructions: Use these questions to guide your work on the project:

box What do I know now?    
  • I ask myself questions to help me think about what I know
  • I organize my current knowledge
  • I make predictions about what I think I’m going to learn
box What are my options?
  • I identify possibilities 
  • I explore options
  • I make choices
  • I create opportunities
box What do I need to find out?
  • I plan my research strategy
  • I collect the necessary information to make an informed decision
box What choice will I make and how will I implement it? What goal setting strategies can I use now and in the future? 
  • I synthesize the information into my own thoughts
  • I communicate the information thinking about my audience and purpose 
  • I formulate a plan of action to pursue my chosen option 
  • I modify my plan if new information arises that warrants a change
box Now what?
  • I evaluate the results of my actions
  • I use my learning to establish new actions or goals
  • I modify my plan if new information arises that warrants a change
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