• When given choice by teachers, students perceive classroom activities as more important.

• Research has shown that providing choices to students of all age levels often increases their intrinsic motivation. Choice in the classroom has also been linked to increases in student effort, task performance, and subsequent learning. 

• Providing students academic choices increases engagement.

• Choices of task, reporting format, or learning goal allow students to take control of their learning and make decisions that ensure personal interest in their assignments. To provide a choice of task to students, a teacher can provide multiple task options on an assessment and ask students to respond to the one that interests them most. Similarly, a teacher can provide students with the option to choose their own reporting format. 

Marzano, Robert J., et al. The Highly Engaged Classroom. Marzano Research Laboratory, 2011.

Below you will find choice boards/ menus that other teachers have used with their students in their classrooms. Choice boards empower students through choice/voice while staying focused on the learning goals. The educators direct the process while giving students control over their choices.

Below you'll be able to navigate many different types of choice boards/menus. Click each tile to investigate the choice board and decide which one(s) you'd like to copy and edit to implement in your classroom in the upcoming weeks.