EduTip 18: Avoid assignments that are TOO open-ended.

Published: Sept. 25, 2022, 4 p.m.

While it's true that student choice has a lot of value, it's possible to give so much choice in an assignment that it kind of backfires. When a task has little to no structure at all, students often respond with confusion, not creativity.

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