Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “How can you design assessments so that your students connect a Biblical perspective with their lives?”
 
Define: Get the facts defined.
In the past week or unit, what connections did your student make between…

1. Course content and life?
2. Course content and the Bible?

Respond: Get the facts responded to in terms of feelings/experiences.

1. What’s comfortable/uncomfortable about having your students connect course content and life? course content and the Bible? course content, the Bible, and life?
2. What’s comfortable/uncomfortable for your students in terms of connecting course content and life? course content and the Bible? course content, the Bible, and life?

Analyze: Get the facts, feelings, and experiences analyzed.

1. How does making connections impact student learning?
2. How does connecting course content and the Bible help students apply a Biblical perspective?
3. How might connecting course content, the Bible, and life help students apply a Biblical perspective?

What’s next?: Get next steps considered.

1. What questions can you ask your students?
2. How can you use questions to help your students love God?

Your students’ objective is to better connect what they study and God’s story of creation-fall-redemption-restoration. You want to help your students achieve their objective. Good.

Now what? Help your students achieve their objective by meeting 1 of their learning needs.

Question: What are you students’ learning needs? Read More...

Dan Beerens, vice president of learning services at Christian Schools International, focuses on Christian education in his blog Nurturing Faith. In this blog entry, he writes about helping students address difficulties and dilemmas. Read More...

You hear a student say: “To really get this Biblical perspective stuff, I need to connect the Bible with my life, not just with what I study in class. If teachers would give me chances to connect the Bible with my life–my music, my relationships, my problems—I think I could get it. One of my homeschooler friends got to analyze a favorite song from a Biblical perspective. That sounds pretty cool.” Read More...