Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Influence on
-Curiosity
-Initiative
-Desire
Resource has
no beneficial
influence on
any of the
three
measures of
experience
Resource
weakly
improves
cognition
and/or
introduces no
new
knowledge
Cognitive
Developmen
t
-Cognition
-New
Knowledge
Level of
Material
-Grade
Appropriate
for Target
Progressive
Education
Tool
-Student
Freedom
-Tailored to
Individual
-Variety of
Teaching
Methods
Resource has
beneficial
influence on
at least one
of the
measures of
experience
Resource
improves
learner
cognition on
subject
without
introducing
new
knowledge
Resource is
Resource has
not grade
no specific
appropriate
indicators of a
for the target target
audience,
audience, and
and could not could work for
be used for
a general
IEFA lesson
audience for
the right
circumstance
s
Resource
Students
offers limited have freedom
student
to explore
freedom to
content at
explore, the
their own
material is
pace;
non-adaptive however, the
to student
content is
needs and
non-adaptive
input, and
and uses only
Scor
e
Resource has a
beneficial
influence on all
three of the
measures of
experience
Resource strongly
improves learner
cognition on the
subject and
introduces new
knowledge
Resource is well
suited for its
target audience
and their level of
experience and
could easily be
incorporated for
an IEFA lesson for
that audience
Students have
freedom to
explore at their
own pace, using
technology that
adapts to their
needs and input,
and the
technology may
utilize multiple
Multicultural
:
Realistic
Representati
on
Multicultural
: Relevance
Resource
Viability
Technology
one teaching
technique
teaching
techniques
Resource
attempts to
present a
genuine
representatio
n of an
American
Indian topic;
however the
depiction is
incomplete or
oversimplified
Resource
provides
relevant
examples for
either the
culture or the
subject area,
but not both
Resource can
support an
entire lesson
plan by itself
without any
additional
activities
Resource covers a
realistic
representation of
an American
Indian topic in
depth, providing
an accurate
depiction of
another culture
and their
perspectives
Resource provides
relevant examples
for both the
culture and the
subject area
Resource could
support multiple
lesson plans or a
unit plan