The Psychology of Student Engagement | Origin: EC110
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Reaching High-Levels of Student Engagement --> The Psychology of Student Engagement
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Discussions, productive talk encourage the formation of neural pathways more than other activities.
I plan to build strong relationships, create relevant lessons, and offer choices to help students stay engaged. Eliminating busy work and having interactive assignments and discussions.
It felt really good to see "Eliminate Busy Work" I have found students do not learn well when you just keep talking and throwing work at them. They like to learn from you and then try it on their own and when they need help or gudience they will ask for it.
This lesson taught me to make learning interactive, relevant, and fun. Use discussions, real-world examples, and active learning strategies.
The section where it highlighted the importance of periodically reviewing common terms and reinforcing course ideas to combat the loss of engagement and investment was very informative and useful. I plan on implementing this structure to my course as soon as possible.
I learned that to increase participation allow students to lead discussions.
De-emphasizing grades in the classroom is important because it helps shift the focus from performance to learning. It also encourages intrinsic motivation as students are more likely to engage deeply with material when they are motivated by curiosity and interest rather than the pressure of grades.
I appreciated that illustration of the band time, and how most absorption of in instruction happens in during the introduction and conclusion.
In order to fully engage a student in the lesson plan the teacher needs to make sure they answer the students questions about engagement: Am I interested? Can I do this? and Does this matter?. When these questions are answered the students at least have chance to become engaged with the lesson. In order to increase student engagement I would like to inform the students why the lesson is important and increasing student conversations about the topic in a pair talk would increase their overall interest.
This material reminded me that listening to students talking after class or outside of class gives me a chance to hear how they received and understood what we talked about. I compare it to them chewing on the lesson.
I learned that students need to engage in productive talk to add value to their learning
Student input gives the students a voice where they can express their thoughts and share their ideas and opinions with the class.
I learned that students retain more info at the beginning & ending but not as much in the middle.
Productive talk could be beneficial in the learning process.
I particularly like the thirty second talk, as it forces students to be accountable and focus on the topic. In addition, students are required to switch position, listener - talker, talker-listener, so students don't get a free ride, they have to participate in the activity. The group of 2 lessens students attempt to be just part of the group and depend on other students to contribute while they remain passive and just make up numbers.
I have learned the power of productive talk, and I will definitely be incorporating strategies that get students talking more, sharing their ideas, and restating learning objectives in their own words.
I like the idea of using peer discussion as a means of leveling out learning styles
so I will not put so much emphasis on grades going forward. I will use the 30 second talk strategy to get them more engaged. Also allowing the students to lead discussions.
I have learn that productive talk leads to learning
