Student Motivation and Engagement Learning Forward 2015

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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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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