Adding skills to Spiral Review gradually helps ensure student success and eases frustration on the part of teachers as students.
GMM Best Practice:
โAssignments should have three or fewer skills with three points per skill.
Assignment designed for student success
Two new skills related to today's new instruction
Three points per skill
Teacher view
Student view of assignment designed for student success
Assignment that will cause frustration for teachers and students
More than three skills included
Points per skill is larger or small than three points
Teacher view of assignment that will cause frustration
Student view of assignment that will cause frustration