These students are motivated when they are given independent projects they can complete as well as a choice in how they can add to their learning. These assignments may take many forms including open ended questions, learning contracts, challenging existing ideas, potential solutions to real world problems, creative book responses, tapping into a student’s particular interest, or the testing of a hypothesis. When these students work independently, it is important for the teacher and students to work together to determine clear outcomes, a timeline for the completion of the work, a rubric so each student can set learning goals, and checkpoints along the way to monitor the progress of the student’s work.