student motivation and engagement learning forward 2015
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What Every Educator and Administrator Need to Know
about Student Engagement
Curtis Chandler, Ph.D@CurtisChandler6
BetterlearningForSchools.com
Curtis Chandler, Ph.D@CurtisChandler6
BetterlearningForSchools.com
@CurtisChandler6
Motivation and Engagement
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Keys to Engaging Students
UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL IS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AS....
A) TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EASY
B) IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
C) A COMBINATION OF A AND B
WORK TO ENSURE THAT LEARNING TASKS ARE NEITHER TOO EASY NOR TOO DIFFICULT
SCAFFOLDING OF NEW SKILLS AND THOUGHT PROCESSES
WHEN POSSIBLE, FOCUS ON TOPICS
THAT STUDENTS CARE ABOUT...
TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK
CRITICALLY ...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ON-LINE CONTENT
CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT
RESEMBLE THE ACTIVITIES THEY
ENGAGE IN THE MOST
MAKE EXPLICIT CONNECTIONS TO REAL
WORLD
DELIBERATE ‘BLURRING’ BETWEEN
CONTENT AREAS
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
CHALLENGES
A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND
APPROACHES!
Traveled from district to district…
“Please draw what teaching looks like in this school.”
“Please draw what teaching looks like in this school.”
*College and Career Readiness*Assessment*Safety*Parents*Contextual Factors
*College and Career Readiness*Assessment*Safety*Parents*Contextual Factors*Student Engagement!
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
Keys to Engaging Students
UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL IS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AS....
A) TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EASY
B) IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
C) A COMBINATION OF A AND B
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How?
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UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL IS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AS....
A) TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EASY
B) IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
C) A COMBINATION OF A AND B
difficult tasks
Let’s try it!
Pre-testPost-test
Pre-testPost-test
Jot down an upcoming learning activity that students are likely to
struggle with.
UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL IS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AS....
A) TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EASY
B) IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
C) A COMBINATION OF A AND B
UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL IS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AS....
A) TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EASY
B) IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
C) A COMBINATION OF A AND B
WHEN POSSIBLE, FOCUS ON TOPICS
THAT STUDENTS CARE ABOUT...
TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK
CRITICALLY ...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ON-LINE CONTENT
CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT
RESEMBLE THE ACTIVITIES THEY
ENGAGE IN THE MOST
MAKE EXPLICIT CONNECTIONS TO REAL
WORLD
DELIBERATE ‘BLURRING’ BETWEEN
CONTENT AREAS
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
CHALLENGES
!
Megalodon
Great White Teacher
WHEN POSSIBLE, FOCUS ON TOPICS
THAT STUDENTS CARE ABOUT...
TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK
CRITICALLY ...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ON-LINE CONTENT
CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT
RESEMBLE THE ACTIVITIES THEY
ENGAGE IN THE MOST
What are students in to right now ?
Go to kahoot.it
What could you do with that?
CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT
RESEMBLE THE ACTIVITIES THEY
ENGAGE IN THE MOST
Keys to Engaging Students
MAKE EXPLICIT CONNECTIONS TO REAL
WORLD
DELIBERATE ‘BLURRING’ BETWEEN
CONTENT AREAS
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
CHALLENGES
What Every Educator and Administrator Need to Know
about Student Engagement
*College and Career Readiness*Assessment*Safety*Parents*Contextual Factors
*College and Career Readiness*Assessment*Safety*Parents*Contextual Factors*Student Engagement!
Keys to Engaging Students
Curtis Chandler, Ph.D@CurtisChandler6
BetterlearningForSchools.com
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