• Eliminate repetitive/developmentally inappropriate instruction/assignments/resources.
• Decrease the ambiguity of learning objectives. 
• Increase the sophistication of the learning objectives/outcomes.
• Revise objective(s) relates to major concepts, skills or principles within the discipline. 
• Escalate students' involvement with higher order thinking skills. 
• Provide direct or inductive instruction related to the revised objectives(s). 
• Promote active student learning. 
• Increase the authenticity of the resources.
• Increase the breadth of the resources. 
• Increase the authenticity of student products. 
• Increase the likelihood of original student responses. 
• Increase student motivation for learning. 
• Student expectations are challenging, but feasible. 
• Time allocations are realistic.
• Increase the alignment among curricular components. 
• Revisions increase the likelihood of achieving revised objectives. 
• Incorporate performance-based assessment. 
• Assessment is designed to measure gains with regard to learning objectives.  

(Deborah E. Bums, Ph.D., University of Connecticut)