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Genius Hour is inquiry-based, student-directed learning. It gives students an opportunity to look at the big wide world around them and explore their own unique interests in a loosely structured, but supported way. This article gives tips on how to implement this strategy in your own classroom.
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1.1.1 select challenging activities in which students are motivated to learn, even ones that may be too challenging., 1.1.3 considers different explanations to explain topics of interest., 1.1.3 offers explanations about topics of interest., 2.1.1 begin to focus attention relevant aspects of activities and ignore or put aside irrelevant information with support from adults., 2.1.1 organize systematically and engage in sustained activities with minimal support from adults., 2.2.2 demonstrate interest in following a process and producing a product with support from adults., attention, focus, independent, interests, passion projects, self-directed learning, project-based lessons, self direction
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- Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- The intended use for this resource is Instructional