The student agrees to work on the selected project according to the following guidelines while the remainder of the class is involved with the teacher. A similar agreement may be used with all independent study activities. The prototype may be used for ideas on what to include, or teachers may use their own ideas. Students rejoin the large group for special experiences in which all students should participate. Students who do not work on their alternative activity or do not honor the working conditions of the agreement are required to rejoin the class for the duration of the unit.
Students present their project to the class at an appropriate time.
Written work is not required. Students are expected to present a talk of 7-10 minutes, accompanied by at least one visual aid. Or, students may negotiate a suitable means of demonstrating to the class what has been learned. Evaluation or grading alternatives are described in the section that follows on Guidelines for Evaluation of Alternative Work. The following guidelines are useful for pretestable subject areas where students are moving between instructional group and extension activities.