The fourteen elements in this layer represent instructional practices that create and support opportunities for the model’s core elements. This layer was intentionally designed with the greatest number of elements, as each practice provides a new entry point for starting or continuing the work. Classroom educators have the greatest level of autonomy and potential impact in this layer of the Honeycomb.
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Click the dropdowns below to compare the legacy and learner-centered mindsets of the Learning and Teaching elements, and explore resources that support each one.
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Conferring and Conferencing
Conferring and conferencing for the purpose of goal reflection, progress monitoring, and planning next steps in learning. This can occur with educators, peers or other experts.
Culturally Responsive and Relevant
Learners are provided opportunities to engage with content through various cultural lenses and perspectives, and draw from their own cultural background to build their learning.
Curiosity-Driven Learning
Learners follow interests and passions that move beyond the accumulation of content knowledge and towards deep exploration of topics driven by curiosity, personal relevance, and wonder.
Evidence as Assessment of Learning
Evidence of learning is a balanced assessment system used throughout the learning process through varied means such as performance, application, demonstration and student interaction.
Inclusive Classroom Practice
Promote a safe and welcoming environment where all learners have the opportunity to be included in the general education classroom, regardless of cognitive or academic level and where individual differences are valued, embraced, and evident.
Integration of Essential Skills
Learners engaging in daily opportunities to practice and grow in skills and dispositions needed to be successful in life and work.
Learners make intentional and purposeful choices about what they learn, how they learn it, and/or how their learning is demonstrated.
Learners can freely ask questions and provide ideas/input that drives what they learn, how they learn, and/or how they demonstrate their learning.
Progressions outline competency across a skill, concept or standard. They provide a roadmap to support flexibility in pace and learner agency.
Multiple Instructional Methods and Modes
Instruction is offered using a variety of methods and modes in response to learner profiles.
Learners and educators co-develop purposeful, personalized goals to provide benchmarks and add focus, clarity, and commitment to learning.
A learning configuration that exists in order to provide targeted instruction based on readiness, needs and interests of learners.
Standards-Guided Learning
Learners understand and articulate how proficiencies/ competencies align to standards and drive their learning experiences.
Timely, Actionable Feedback
Frequent and actionable feedback from educators, peers and/or other experts that empowers the learner to execute next steps on their learning progression.
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