As an adult learner myself I recognized the importance of autonomy to the learning process. The ability to choose the direction of the learning process by providing some variety of activities should increase engagement. Whereas providing security to the student assists in their ability to perform the task which builds confidence in the process. I like the idea of practice exams. I had a class once where the instructor gave us the final exam example on the first day of the class, it was like a baseline and as the class progressed there would be practice exams, on the specific course content for that week. It was a good guide for the expectations and generated engagement. This allowed for feedback to the instructor on areas that were not covered or were a bit unclear.
