Moving Students Toward the Expert Column

A well-crafted analytic rubric presents varied ways to move from the Practitioner column to the Expert column. This tool provides teachers with four options for designing Expert level criteria. Moving Students Toward the Expert Column in the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom ™ The Expert column is a powerful tool for differentiating instruction. Teachers must carefully craft the expectations for the Expert column so that they both inspire and challenge students to “move” to that level. Here are four strategies to level up from Practitioner to Expert. Ask for more! Of the four strategies presented, the simplest and least powerful is asking the students to produce more. This quantitative leap from Practitioner to Expert requires students to cite more sources, write additional sentences, provide extra calculations, etc. In the example below (from the PBL Designer Pizza), students must perform additional calculations to reach the Expert column. Extend the co