Foundation Statements

The model below illustrates the teaching and assessment approach in The World of Business, A Canadian Profile, 4th edition.

THE ICE MODEL

Throughout each chapter, students will encounter the ICE chart for Information, Connection, and Extension that provides a framework for teaching and assessment that emphasizes depth of learning.

INFORMATION - is fundamental to learning. The questions and activities in this column ask students to examine and recall steps in a process, basic facts, vocabulary/definitions, and/or details from the chapter.

CONNECTIONS - occur when relationships among ideas or pieces of information are established and articulated by the learner. Students can explain how the ideas are connected and also make connections to previous knowledge. Students make connections with the real world.

EXTENSIONS - are the final stage of growth. The learner internalizes the learning, uses it in novel ways, and no longer needs to refer to the rules for operation or connections. Students are asked to extend their learning in original and creative ways, sometimes beyond the classroom. They can answer such questions as, "What does this mean? How does this apply to my world?"

The ICE model is a framework for assessing learning growth--across students, across subjects, across ages, and across levels of schooling. For more information, see:

Assessment and Learning: The ICE Approach
ISBN 1-894110-64-1
by Sue Fostaty Young and Dr. Robert J. Wilson

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