ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how to adjust instruction for including student choice, using Options, to increase the range of students able to engage in learning and to assess the possible adjustments for effectiveness and efficiency. It explores the record teachers starting position: pluses, minuses and interesting. Remember, Options always fall on a choice continuum extending from total student choice to teacher-structured student choice to total teacher assignment. Whether offering total student choice, teacher-structured student choice, or total teacher assignment, placing these options within classroom routines that are designed to facilitate management and offering feedback is essential for sustainability. Idea Carousel is used to allow students to generate responses collaboratively in small groups while documenting the ideas. Structured Choice sends a message to the students that the teacher believes all students will accomplish the learning goals and that there are necessary different routes to that success.
