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Do-It-Yourself Practice Game Template

DO-IT-YOURSELF PRACTICE GAME TEMPLATE:

Parents As Partners On-Line

November 2015

Kathleen Schoen

Pick a

practice

task

Goal:

To help students experience the positive

Pick a

Assessment

cumulative effect of daily practice and repetition. This

number

experience will help them become intrinsically

motivated to practice because they understand how

the process will give them the desired result.

Problem:

Young students have had few

opportunities in their brief lives to go through this

process, so they haven’t experienced the rewards of

long term effort often enough to develop intrinsic

Keep track

motivation.

of the

repetitions

Our Job:

To guide students through the process

using activities that provide immediate engagement in

an enjoyable way. Once they have experienced the

positive results of repeated practice often enough,

they will understand the long term goal and develop

intrinsic motivation.

Put it back

Add some

into context

action

Do-It-Yourself Practice Game Template