ABSTRACT
Differentiation is not simply giving students choices. The educational professional must be very intentional about the options provided. Perhaps the options reflect varying levels of readiness. Maybe the activity is designed to address interests. In its simplest form, the Think-Tac-Toe provides multiple options in a tic-tac-toe format for student projects, products, or lessons. Hands-on, minds-on options revolutionize a unit or semester review. Instead of written or oral questions and answers, projects not only provide choice for the student, but the projects also help to encode the information in multiple parts of the brain. Think-Tac-Toes that differentiate based on learning style or modality are intentionally designed so that options reflect the varying styles or modalities. Many teachers may be overwhelmed at having to assess three (or more) products when in the past they may have just graded a multiple-choice test.
