Student Engagement

If students are actively engaged in learning, they are more likely to retain what has been taught.

• True

• False

What's the best choice to gain your students' attention?

• Wait patiently for the group to get ready to listen.

• Yell over the din.

• You say "peanut," they say "butter."

• Sigh loudly.

Intentionally addressing engagement when planning is more likely to ensure that lessons are engaging for students.

• True

• False

• Seriously?

• I don't have time for that.

Which tool can be used without each student having access to technology?

• Padlet

• Google Classroom

• Plickers

• Bounce App

Which statement is false?

• Teacher-student relationships can affect student engagement.

• Students need to get to know their teachers just as teachers need to get to know their students.

• Student engagement can affect behavior as well as academic achievement.

• Student engagement is always observable.

An engagement wheel allows you to quickly gauge student engagement by

• Writing down letters

• Coloring in pieces

• Using a number rating system

• Using a checklist

Ideally measuring student engagement should use

• Various methods and measure

• Rely on both student and teacher input

• Both A & B

• Neither A nor B

Which activity is more likely to engage students in the learning process?

• Completing a worksheet independently

• Working with a partner to complete a graphic organizer

What is one of the main goals of project-based learning?

• To have students complete a project to show they learned the material
• To make sure we have at least project grades in the gradebook
• To connect what students are learning in class to their lives outside of school.
• To have good samples of student learning for student portfolios

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Combining large group, small group and individualized learning, with teachers serving as facilitators and coaches is called...

• teacher-based instruction
• student-based instruction
• Collaboration
• all of the above