Novelty and Variety

DESIGN QUALITIES

Naperville Community Unit School
District 203


Affirmation

Description/Indicators/Questions

Student products are made public and observed by significant individuals.

How do you plan to make the products public?
Who is the viewing audience within the school? outside the school?
Is the audience a good match for the product or presentation?
How is student work made public to peers? public? parents?
How frequently do you make student work public?

Feedback opportunities are provided from various publics.

What opportunities exist for feedback from the public?
How is this feedback provided?
What standards do you establish for providing feedback to students?
How do you make peer review authentic?
How could technology be used to provide feedback from outside sources?

Students collaborate to complete a desired product.

How have you encouraged collaboration?
Why is it beneficial for students to collaborate on this particular product?

Types of recognition for student work is varied?

How are students recognized for the completion of their work/product?
How meaningful are the various forms of recognition?
Is recognition of the work based on intrinsic or extrinsic motivation?

Affirmation is based on established criteria.

How are the compelling product standards reflected in the affirmation?
What was the process for developing the evaluation criteria?

Naperville Community Unit School District #203
September 27, 2001