The teacher works his or her way through the chapter, having students read sections and complete worksheets with factual recall questions. The students interview clerical workers at the school and research what kinds of furniture and technology are available to those workers. All students are expected to work at the same pace, complete the same assignments, and end up with the same knowledge. The teacher gives quizzes regularly to check on student learning. As the unit of study unfolds, students focus on their individual interests, and attend to what their teachers and classmates explore and present about the topic.
Students offer each other both written and oral feedback.
The knowledge presented on this topic is, for the most part, contained in the textbook. For evaluation, the teacher gives a standardized test which accompanies the textbook. For evaluation, students are required to design and present in a multi-media portfolio their research into a particular dimension of this topic, and include reflections on what they learned from each others' presentations. Or, students act out or mime some function of the brain and have their classmates guess which one it is. Or, students work together to create a description or a multi-media representation of their understanding of some aspect of the brain, sharing responsibilities for the project, presenting it as a group, and soliciting feedback from their classmates.