Sunday, May 3, 2009

Learning contract

I thought that the learning contract was a way for students to go out and learn spanish in a unique and individual way with little to no boundries.
I liked how we as students got to decide what we wanted to do specifically to earn points for the learning contract. This enabled us to play to our own advantages. I also liked how you could earn as many points as you wanted to.
The only thing I did not like about the learning contract is that you had to do every section of (category) of the contract to earn full credit. I did not feel that culture was neccessary for our current level of Spanish
I think the learning contract is very good as is, but I would probably make the time frame smaller. It'll encourage students to spread out their work more.
I think that the contract is an all over good thing that all teachers should use. It not only allows students to raise their grades, but it's impossible to not learn something about the subject from it.