Barrier in Brief

Some students struggle with motivation and time-management in long-range projects. These students tend to rush major projects too close to the final deadline and thus submit work that is far below their actual capability. It is also important to realize that the online learning environment requires more executive functioning in students than is usually required for in-person courses (e.g., Lynch & Dembo, 2004; Sansone, Fraughton & Zachary, 2011).

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Lesson Overview

This lesson will introduce strategies for supporting students by breaking down large or long-term projects into smaller, more manageable interim tasks. Depending on which specific methods or strategies from this module are employed, practice based on this module will reflect...

Checkpoint 6.2: "Support Planning and Strategy Development," Checkpoint 6.4: "Enhance capacity for monitoring progress," and Checkpoint 8.2: "Vary demands and resources to optimize challenge."

Regarding checkpoint 6.2, UDL Guideline.org says...

Once a goal is set, effective learners and problem-solvers plan a strategy, including the tools they will use, for reaching that goal. For young children in any domain, older learners in a new domain, or any learner with one of the disabilities that compromise executive functions (e.g., intellectual disabilities), the strategic planning step is often omitted, and trial and error attempts take its place.To help learners become more plan-full and strategic a variety of options are needed, such as cognitive “speed bumps” that prompt them to “stop and think;” graduated scaffolds that help them actually implement strategies; or engagement in decision-making with competent mentors.

Lesson Objective(s)

By the end of this lesson, instructors should be able to...

Utilize the Canvas Calendar for creating assignments and providing benchmarks for large or long-term tasks.
Support students who would like to make their own benchmarks for assignments on Canvas calendar.

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